50 Bible Verses About Modesty

“When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.”

“You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.”

“These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.”

“You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:”

“the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.’””

“and the turban of fine linen, and the linen headbands of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,”

“the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.”

“and it shall be to you for a fringe,or, tassel that you may look on it, and remember all Yahweh’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’ t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute;”

“As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves.””

“Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.”

“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.”

“Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.”

“When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.”

“Proverbs 31:10-31 form an acrostic, with each verse starting with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order.Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.”

“Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.”

“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.”

“Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.”

“the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.”

“Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.”

“If you say in your heart, “Why have these things come on me?” Your skirts are uncovered because of the greatness of your iniquity, and your heels suffer violence.”

“Therefore will I also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame will appear.”

“The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.”

“When they go out into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister, and lay them in the holy rooms. They shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.”

““Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.”

“that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.””

“Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.”

“For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved, let her be covered.”

“But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.”

“in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,”

“For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.”

“Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.”

“Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,or, faithfulness”

“Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.”

“Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;”

“In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not justThe word “just” is inserted here in English to preserve the meaning of the whole original Greek sentence in context. The word for “not” is the negative particle “μη” which denies an expected idea, as opposed to the usual word for “not” (ου) which denies a fact. Thus “μη” in this context is denying an expected idea (that women can be properly dressed without good works). with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;”

“Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.”

“But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.”

“Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.”

“But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.”

“Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”

“to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.”

“to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.”

“Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;”

“but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.”

“For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:”

“Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Proverbs 3:34”

“I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.”

““Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.””

“It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.”