46 Bible Verses about Respecting Your Body

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;

having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

But he spake of the temple of his body.

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife'see that she fear her husband.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:

And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

for there is no respect of persons with God.

And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.