Scriptures about the holiness of God and His call for His people to live holy lives.
12 Scriptures · Father’s Blessing Bible
Leviticus 19:2
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
Psalm 24:3–4
3 (23:3) Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? 4 (23:4) He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to vanity and has not sworn deceitfully [to his neighbor]—
Isaiah 6:1–5
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above Him stood seraphim; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 And they called to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” 4 The doorposts shook at the voices of those calling out, and the temple was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said, “Woe is me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips—and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.”
Romans 6:19–22
19 I speak in human terms because of your natural weakness. Just as you offered the members of your bodies as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to deeds of lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness leading to deeds of holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time? Those things you are now ashamed of, because their end is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and its end is eternal life.
Romans 12:1–2
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your reasonable act of worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20
19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a great price. Therefore, glorify God with your body and your spirit, which belong to God.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, having these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Ephesians 1:4
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love,
1 Thessalonians 4:3–7
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in holiness and honor, 5 not in passionate lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one should wrong or take advantage of his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we also told you beforehand and testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
May the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 12:14
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to pursue holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
1 Peter 1:14–16
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
