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25 Bible Verses About Clothing

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Last Updated on: April 1, 2024 by Jamie Wilson

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Clothing serves not only as a practical necessity but also as a means
of self-expression and identity. But what deeper significance does
clothing hold according to biblical teachings? Join us as we unravel
some thought-provoking verses that go beyond mere apparel,
highlighting the importance of clothing oneself with virtues such as
righteousness, humility, and love, reflecting the inner beauty and
character that truly adorn the soul in the sight of God and others.

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Bible Verses About Clothing Yourself

Genesis 3:21 – God Makes Clothing for Adam and Eve

The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and
clothed them.
Exodus 28:40 – Holy Garments for Priests

For Aaron’s sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for
glory and beauty.

Proverbs 31:25 – Clothing with Strength and Dignity

She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to
come.

Isaiah 61:10 – The Garment of Salvation

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has

clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his
righteousness.

Matthew 6:28-29 – Consider the Lilies

And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the
field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even
Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

Matthew 22:11-12 – The Wedding Garment

But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there
who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in
here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.

Luke 15:22 – The Father Clothes the Prodigal Son

But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put
it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.’

John 19:23 – Jesus’ Garments Divided

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them
into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment
remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top
to bottom.

Romans 13:14 – Put on the Lord Jesus Christ

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the
desires of the flesh.

Galatians 3:27 – Clothed with Christ

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves
with Christ.

Ephesians 6:11 – Put on the Full Armor of God

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against
the devil’s schemes.

Colossians 3:12 – Clothe Yourselves with Compassion

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe

yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and
patience.

1 Peter 3:3-4 – The Imperishable Beauty of a Gentle and Quiet

Spirit

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as

elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.
Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a
gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

1 Peter 5:5-7 – Clothe Yourselves with Humility

All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another,

because, ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may
lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares
for you.

Revelation 3:4 – Those who Walk with Me in White

Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.
They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.

Revelation 7:13-14 – The Robes Washed in the Blood of the

Lamb

Then one of the elders asked me, ‘These in white robes—who are
they, and where did they come from?’ I answered, ‘Sir, you know.’ And
he said, ‘These are they who have come out of the great tribulation;
they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb.’

Revelation 16:15 – Blessed is the One Who Stays Awake

‘Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and
remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.’

Isaiah 3:16-26 – Judgment Against Jerusalem’s Women

The Lord says, ‘The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with
outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with
swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles. . . Therefore the
Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the Lord will
make their scalps bald.'”

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Your Body is a Temple

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who
is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Proverbs 7:10 – Dressed Like a Harlot

Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and
with crafty intent.

1 Timothy 2:9-10 – Modest Apparel

I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety,
adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or
expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who
profess to worship God.

Zechariah 3:3-4 – A Filthy Garment Removed

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the

angel. The angel said to those who were standing before him, ‘Take
off his filthy clothes.’ Then he said to Joshua, ‘See, I have taken away
your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.’

2 Corinthians 5:3 – Clothed and Not Naked

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have

a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human
hands.

Job 29:14 – I Put on Righteousness as My Clothing

I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my

turban.
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Psalm 132:9 – Let Your Priests be Clothed with Righteousness

May your priests be clothed with righteousness; may your faithful

people sing for joy.’

Matthew 27:28 – Jesus Mocked by Soldiers

They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.

Isaiah 20:2-4 – Stripping and Nakedness

At that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to
him, ‘Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your
feet.’ And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot. Then the
Lord said, ‘Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for
three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush, so the king
of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives
and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared—to Egypt’s
shame.’

Isaiah 47:2-3 – Uncover Your Legs, Strip Off Your Robes

Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts,
bare your legs, and wade through the streams. Your nakedness will be
exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare
no one.’

Jeremiah 2:34 – The Stain of Innocent Blood on Your Clothes

On your clothes is found the blood of the innocent poor, though you
did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this you say, ‘I am
innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you
because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Micah 3:5-6 – Stripping the Garments from God’s People

This is what the Lord says: ‘As for the prophets who lead my people
astray, they proclaim ‘peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare
to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them. Therefore
night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without
divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark
for them.’
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Lamentations 1:8 – Jerusalem in Garment of Sorrow

Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who
honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she
herself groans and turns away.

Lamentations 1:10 – Sin’s Filthy Stain on Jerusalem

The enemy laid hands on all her treasures; she saw pagan nations
enter her sanctuary—those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.
All her people groan as they search for bread; they barter their
treasures for food to keep themselves alive. ‘Look, Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.’ ‘Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look
around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on
me, that the Lord brought on me in the day of his fierce anger? From
on high he sent fire, sent it down into my bones. He spread a net for
my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day
long. ‘My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were
woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has
sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot
withstand.
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Lamentations 1:11-12 – God’s Wrath Against Jerusalem

He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths

crooked. Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding, he dragged me
from the path and mangled me and left me without help.

Lamentations 2:20 – Pour Out Your Heart Like Water

‘Look, Lord, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cared for?
Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?’

Lamentations 4:20 – The Lord’s Anointed Captured in Their

Pitfall

The Lord’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We
thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.

Hosea 2:9 – God Exposes Unfaithful Israel’s Shame

‘Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine
when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to
cover her naked body.’
Ezekiel 44:17 – Removing Holy Garments in the Temple

‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen
clothes; they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at
the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.’

Daniel 3:21 – The Fiery Furnace and Clothing

So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans, and other

clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace.

Amos 2:7 – Selling the Righteous for Silver

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground
and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl
and so profane my holy name.

Zephaniah 1:8 – Judgment on Those Wearing Foreign Clothes

‘On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice I will punish the officials and the
king’s sons and all those clad in foreign clothes.’

Zechariah 14:20 – Holy to the Lord Inscription

On that day ‘Holy to the Lord’ will be inscribed on the bells of the
horses, and the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred
bowls in front of the altar.

Malachi 2:16 – ‘I Hate Divorce,’ says the Lord

‘The man who hates and divorces his wife,’ says the Lord, the God of
Israel, ‘does violence to the one he should protect,’ says the Lord
Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

Joel 2:13 – Return to the Lord with All Your Heart

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in
love, and he relents from sending calamity.

2 Chronicles 6:41 – God’s Anointed Rejoices in His Goodness

Now arise, Lord God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark
of your might. May your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

Psalm 35:26 – Let Them be Ashamed and Disgraced

May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion;
may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and
disgrace.

Psalm 132:16 – Clothe Her Priests with Salvation

I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever
sing for joy.

Zechariah 10:4 – Out of Them Will Come the Cornerstone

From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from
him the battle bow, from him every ruler.

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