What Does the Bible Say About Tattoos?

October 19, 2026

Bible passages about tattoos, Leviticus 19:28, and the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit.

8 Bible passages · Father’s Blessing Bible

Leviticus 19:28

For the dead, do not cut your bodies or tattoo yourselves. I am the Lord [your God].

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1 Corinthians 6:19–20

19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit who lives in you, whom you have received from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a great price. Therefore, glorify God in your body [and in your spirit, which are God’s].

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1 Corinthians 3:16–17

16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and that temple is you. temple

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Romans 12:1

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, for your reasonable service,

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Psalm 139:14

I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows this very well.

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Isaiah 49:16

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.

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Revelation 19:16

On His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: King of kings and Lord of lords.

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1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel: Do not look at his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him; I do not look as man looks, because man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.

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