What Does the Bible Say About How We Should Dress?

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. ...

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Romans 14:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

1 Peter 3:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ...

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 8:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Proverbs 7:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.

1 Samuel 16:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.” Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. ...

Leviticus 11:1-47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. ...

Titus 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.

1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ...

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

21 Bible Verses about How We Should Dress

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 14:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 7:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:1-47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 12:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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21 Bible Verses about How We Should Dress

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Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 14:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 7:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 11:1-47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 12:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote