What Does the Bible Say About Our Dress?

Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 10 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.

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,

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 4 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. ...

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

James 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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

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, ...

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 2 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 / 2 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 / 2 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

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.

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.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

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.

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! ...

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

20 Bible Verses about Our Dress

Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 7:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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20 Bible Verses about Our Dress

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Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 7:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes