Holiness
A comprehensive study on the biblical concept of holiness in the New King James Version.
Holiness is a foundational attribute of God and a calling for His people. This study explores what it means to be set apart for God, both in character and conduct, drawing from key scriptures across the Old and New Testaments. It delves into God's inherent holiness, His commands for His people to be holy, and the practical implications for daily living.
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Summary by Book
Exodus
1Leviticus
5For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: 'You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.'
1 Samuel
11 Chronicles
12 Chronicles
1Psalm
5Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.
Isaiah
3And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!"
A highway shall be there, and a road, And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray.
Ezekiel
1Amos
1Obadiah
1Zechariah
2In that day "HOLINESS TO THE LORD" shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. The pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Luke
2To grant us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear,
Romans
2I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
2 Corinthians
1Ephesians
11 Thessalonians
2so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
1 Timothy
1Titus
1Hebrews
2For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.
1 Peter
4you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
2 Peter
1Revelation
3The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!"
Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested.
Thematic Index
God's Holiness and Nature
The Call to Personal Holiness
Pursuit and Practice of Holiness
Holiness in Worship and Service
Holiness as Separation and Consecration
Holiness in God's People and Kingdom
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.