Holiness
virtueGod's absolute moral purity — and the believer's call to reflect it in every area of life.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Holiness connects to different paths in Scripture:
Holiness arises from Obedience and Righteousness, and leads to Joy.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”James 1:22 →
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:”Hebrews 12:14 →
“By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”Hebrews 13:15 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 19 verses
“And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.”
Read in context →“Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.”
Read in context →“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.”
Read in context →“And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.”
Read in context →“Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.”
Read in context →“Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?”
Read in context →“For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Read in context →“And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”
Read in context →“But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;”
Read in context →“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
Read in context →“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:”
Read in context →“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”
Read in context →“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:”
Read in context →“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
Read in context →“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
Read in context →“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Read in context →“I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.”
Read in context →“Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.”
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