What Does the Bible Say About Skin?

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 36 helpful votes

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

Psalm 104:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes

And wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Ezekiel 37:6-8 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.” So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 17 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Job 19:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes

My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Job 33:25 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 10 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.

Song of Solomon 1:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 8 helpful votes

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Genesis 3:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Revelation 7:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

John 7:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 5 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.”

1 John 4:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Acts 17:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Jeremiah 13:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Job 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Leviticus 14:1-57 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person, the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. ...

John 3:16 ESV / 3 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.

Lamentations 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now their face is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as wood.

Leviticus 13:1-59 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a case of leprous disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests, and the priest shall examine the diseased area on the skin of his body. And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean. But if the spot is white in the skin of his body and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall shut up the diseased person for seven days. And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up for another seven days. ...

Leviticus 12:1-8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days. As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Then she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying. She shall not touch anything holy, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed. But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her menstruation. And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for sixty-six days. ...

Genesis 25:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.

Revelation 13:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 12:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 12:1-2 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. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Luke 21:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

Luke 12:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.

Ezekiel 37:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

Lamentations 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;

42 Bible Verses about Skin

Leviticus 19:28 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 104:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 37:6-8 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 19:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 33:25 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 1:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 7:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 7:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 17:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 13:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 14:1-57 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Lamentations 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 13:1-59 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 12:1-8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 25:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 13:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 21:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 12:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 37:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Lamentations 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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