100 Bible Verses About Baptism
Bible verses about Baptism
Immerse yourself in the life-giving waters of scripture as we explore the profound meaning of baptism. These verses illuminate baptism not merely as a ritual, but as a pivotal act of obedience and identification with Christ's death and resurrection. Through understanding the biblical context of baptism, we discover its power to cleanse, renew, and unite us with the body of believers. Let these passages guide you to a deeper appreciation of God's grace and the transformative journey that begins with this symbolic and sacred commitment, paving the path to a life lived in faith and purpose.
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Psalms 148:4 (KJV)
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Baptism Verses: Cleansing, New Life, & God's Promise
And Abraham said, I will swear.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.
For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Through examining these verses, the profound significance of baptism emerges as a pivotal act of obedience, identification, and new life in Christ. From Jesus's own baptism as a model of humility and submission to the Great Commission's call to baptize all nations, Scripture underscores baptism's role in signifying a believer's union with Christ's death and resurrection. Whether it’s Peter's encouragement to be baptized for the forgiveness of sins or Paul's depiction of baptism as a symbolic burial of the old self, the consistent message is one of transformative cleansing and incorporation into the body of Christ. As you reflect on these passages, consider how baptism is not merely a ritual, but a visible declaration of an inward reality – a commitment to follow Jesus and live a life empowered by the Holy Spirit. May these scriptures inspire a deeper understanding and appreciation for the lasting impact of this sacred ordinance in your own spiritual journey.