15 Bible Verses about Tattoos on the Body (KJV)

Here are 15 Bible verses about tattoos on the body, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Leviticus 19:28 KJV

²⁸Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV

¹⁹What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV

¹⁶Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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Leviticus 19:1-37 KJV

¹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. ³Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. ⁴Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God. …

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1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV

³¹Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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Deuteronomy 15:17 KJV

¹⁷Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

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Exodus 21:6 KJV

⁶Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

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Hebrews 11:6 KJV

⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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Ephesians 5:11 KJV

¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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2 Corinthians 6:17 KJV

¹⁷Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

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1 Corinthians 10:23 KJV

²³All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Hosea 4:6 KJV

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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Isaiah 49:16 KJV

¹⁶Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

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Psalm 139:14 KJV

¹⁴I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

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