51 Bible Verses about Tattoos and Piercings (KJV) | StillFaith.com (2024)

Here are 51 Bible verses about tattoos and piercings, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

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Leviticus 19:28 KJV

²⁸ Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV

¹⁹ 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? ²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV

³¹ Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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Deuteronomy 14:1 KJV

¹ Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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1 Timothy 2:9 KJV

⁹ In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

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1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV

¹⁹ 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?

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Romans 14:23 KJV

²³ And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

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1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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Exodus 21:6 KJV

⁶ Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Ephesians 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

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Galatians 3:23-25 KJV

²³ But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. ²⁴ Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵ But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

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Ezekiel 16:12 KJV

¹² And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

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Deuteronomy 15:17 KJV

¹⁷ Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

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Revelation 19:16 KJV

¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.

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1 Corinthians 10:23 KJV

²³ All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

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Romans 12:1 KJV

¹ 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.

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Romans 10:4 KJV

⁴ For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

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Romans 1:24 KJV

²⁴ Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

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1 Samuel 16:7 KJV

⁷ But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

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1 Corinthians 6:13 KJV

¹³ Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

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Isaiah 44:5 KJV

⁵ One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

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1 Peter 3:3-4 KJV

³ Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; ⁴ But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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1 Timothy 2:4 KJV

⁴ Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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1 Corinthians 10:1 KJV

¹ Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

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1 Corinthians 6:10 KJV

¹⁰ Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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1 Corinthians 6:6 KJV

⁶ But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

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1 Corinthians 6:1 KJV

¹ Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

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1 Corinthians 3:1 KJV

¹ And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

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Romans 14:1 KJV

¹ Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Ezekiel 8:15-17 KJV

¹⁵ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. ¹⁶ And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the …

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Isaiah 44:1-28 KJV

¹ Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: ² Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. ³ For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: …

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Proverbs 29:18 KJV

¹⁸ Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

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Proverbs 11:14-17 KJV

¹⁴ Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. ¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. ¹⁶ A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. ¹⁷ The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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Proverbs 1:3 KJV

³ To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

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Proverbs 1:1-33 KJV

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; ² To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; ³ To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; ⁴ To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. ⁵ A wise man will hear, and will increase …

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1 Kings 18:28 KJV

²⁸ And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

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Deuteronomy 15:2 KJV

² And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.

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Leviticus 19:8 KJV

⁸ Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

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1 Peter 3:3 KJV

³ Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

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1 Timothy 4:1-2 KJV

¹ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; ² Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

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1 Timothy 2:6 KJV

⁶ Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

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1 Corinthians 10:6 KJV

⁶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

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1 Corinthians 6:3 KJV

³ Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

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1 Corinthians 3:17 KJV

¹⁷ If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

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1 Corinthians 3:4 KJV

⁴ For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

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John 3:3 KJV

³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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Leviticus 19:27 KJV

²⁷ Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

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Exodus 21:4 KJV

⁴ If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

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Exodus 21:2 KJV

² If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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