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Bible Verses on Holiness
OLD TESTAMENT (NIV)
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Leviticus 20 verse 26:
"You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own".
1 Samuel 2 verse 2:
"There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God".
Psalm 68 verses 4 and 5
"Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him — his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling".
Psalm 103 verse 1
"Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name".
Psalm 119 verse 9
"How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word".
Psalm 68 verses 4 and 5
"Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him — his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling".
Psalm 139 verses 23 and 24
"Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting".
Proverbs 9 verse 10
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding".
Isaiah 26 verses 9 and 10
"When your judgments come upon the earth the people of the world learn righteousness. Though grace is shown to the wicked they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the Lord."
Isaiah 57 verse 15
"For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.”"
Ezekiel 36 verse 23
"I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes".
Ezekiel 38 verse 23
"And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord."”
Amos 5 verse 14
"Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is".
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