What Does the Bible Say About Holy Ground?

Acts 7:33 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Exodus 3:5 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

Joshua 5:15 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Matthew 24:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Ephesians 1:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

1 Corinthians 2:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Nehemiah 9:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst.

Genesis 1:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Romans 8:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

John 14:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 7:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

Genesis 4:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

Genesis 3:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Genesis 1:30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

20 Bible Verses about Holy Ground

Acts 7:33 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Exodus 3:5 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Joshua 5:15 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Matthew 24:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nehemiah 9:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 14:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 7:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 4:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 1:30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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20 Bible Verses about Holy Ground

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Acts 7:33 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Exodus 3:5 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Joshua 5:15 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Matthew 24:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nehemiah 9:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 14:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 7:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 4:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 1:30 ESV / 1 helpful vote