Bible Verses About Purity and Guarding Your Mind
Purity isn't just about what you don't do — it's about what you fill your mind with instead. Scripture repeatedly ties the battle for purity to the battle for your attention: what you look at, dwell on, and let take root.
These verses (ESV) address lust, self-control, and the renewal of the mind. They're the backbone of BibleLock's Purity pack, designed to be memorized in the exact moment temptation shows up — right before you open an app.
Reading a list is step one. BibleLock turns these 24 verses into fill-in-the-blank puzzles that unlock your apps — so you actually memorize them.
Get the Purity pack →1. Job 31:1 (ESV)
““I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?”
2. Matthew 5:8 (ESV)
““Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
3. 2 Timothy 2:22 (ESV)
“So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”
4. Psalm 101:3 (ESV)
“I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.”
5. Colossians 3:5 (ESV)
“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”
6. Proverbs 27:12 (ESV)
“The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.”
7. 1 Corinthians 9:27 (ESV)
“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”
8. Hebrews 12:14 (ESV)
“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.”
9. Job 31:1 (ESV)
““I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?”
10. Matthew 5:8 (ESV)
““Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
11. 2 Timothy 2:22 (ESV)
“So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”
12. Psalm 101:3 (ESV)
“I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.”
13. Colossians 3:5 (ESV)
“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”
14. Proverbs 27:12 (ESV)
“The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.”
15. 1 Corinthians 9:27 (ESV)
“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”
16. Hebrews 12:14 (ESV)
“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.”
17. Job 31:1 (ESV)
““I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?”
18. Matthew 5:8 (ESV)
““Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
19. 2 Timothy 2:22 (ESV)
“So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”
20. Psalm 101:3 (ESV)
“I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.”
21. Colossians 3:5 (ESV)
“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”
22. Proverbs 27:12 (ESV)
“The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.”
23. 1 Corinthians 9:27 (ESV)
“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”
24. Hebrews 12:14 (ESV)
“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.”
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