Tattoos-- is it in the bible?

Question

Does anyone one know if there is any script. about tattoos being right or wrong? Or anything on keeping your body health.

Answer 1

In the Old Testament there is a verse that says that tattoos are not allowed.

Leviticus 19: "27 You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD."

So this not only means that Abrahamic faiths cannot get tattoos (for the dead), but this also means they can't have mullets!

Answer 2

Your body is a temple of God, treat it as such. (1 Corith 3:16-17).
As for keeping your body healthy, The Mormon Church has the "Word of Wisdom" as part of their script. You did say any script. So Try D & C section 89.

Answer 3

Lev. 19:28and 1 corinthians 6:19 Since your body is Gods sanctuary, where his prescence dwells, many feel that putting tatoos on the human body is like putting graffition the church building. but if a person already has a tatoo and becomes saved the answer is not removing the physical marks the answer is knowing God and becoming his follower. we have people at our church with tatoos and piercings too, but we love them all the same!

Answer 4

Below is one of the best answers I know of on this issue. However, I think some other religious theologians may disagree with this determination. Best of luck to you!!!


Bible Question: What does the Bible say about tattoos? My nephew would like to get one. He is a believer and does not think it is addressed in the Bible. Any help would be appreciated.

Bible Answer: There is only one reference in the Bible about tattoos. It is found in the Old Testament book of Leviticus.

You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. (NASB) Leviticus 19:28


But this passage is talking about tattoos which are part of a religious ritual.
The Practice. There is a better example of this in the book of 1 Kings when the prophet Elijah confronted the priests of Baal.

Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar which they made. And it came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.” So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them. (NASB) 1 Kings 18:26-28

Since ancient times men and women have cut and painted themselves as a part of their religious worship. It was and is still common in some countries for younger men to mutilate and tattoo their bodies. History tells us that the ancient Egyptians, Thracians, Greeks, Gauls, Germans, Britons, Romans, Africans, American Indians, and many others used tattoos. God prohibits any activities associated with religious worship of other so called gods.
Tattoos. The only passage in the Old Testament about tattoos is in Leviticus 19. 1 Kings passage is not about tattoos. What does the word "tattoo" mean? The Hebrew word used for "tattoo" in Leviticus 19:28 means "incision" or "imprint." It has the idea of putting a mark into the skin. The mark has color.
If someone wants to object and say this passage rejects all cutting of the flesh and any mark of the flesh, then we want to ask, "Does God prohibit any cutting of the body for medical reasons such as operations?" The answer is no since God wanted the Jewish boys to have an operation. We call it circumcision of males. So does God allow us to cut our bodies? The answer is "yes," but only for a good reason. We need to remember that we are the temple of God. It is not to be abused.

Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (NASB) 1Corinthians 3:16

Our next question is simple, "Does God also reject all imprints into the flesh?" Again the answer is no. But are tattoos safe? Are there any concerns? The answer is "yes." There are health risks. The health risks include allergic reactions, infection, viral infections, and AIDS or HIV. It is very common for those who have tattoos to want one or more removed later in life. But tattoo removal is not easy. I would recommend a conversation with a medical doctor before proceeding.

Conclusion: The Bible does not prohibit tattoos for non-religious reasons. The Bible has nothing to say about it otherwise. Before someone tattoos themselves they should ask, "Can I do this in good conscience before God?"

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" (NASB) 1 Cor. 10:31

If you have any doubts that God would approve, then to have a tattoo would be sin.

. . . whatever is not from faith is sin. (NASB) Rom. 14:23

http://www.neverthirsty.org/pp/corner/read1/r00467.html

Answer 5

It's your body. Do to it what you want too. If you are concerned about punishment for a tattoo, then what religious cult are you with? If anyone really has a relationship with God, they would know that he is all about love and not this false punishment called "hell".

Answer 6

Think it's that Body is a Temple thing.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say tho shalt not have Tattoos.
Common-sense needed.
Or wouldn't we all B walking around with hair 2 the floor, poor Samson he had his hair hacked-off, turned all weak & wussy!

Answer 7

I haven't read if it is right or wrong. Jesus did say that our outward appearance didn't matter. It is what we believe in our heart. I have piercings and there are a few people in my church that have tats. They have never looked down on us for it.

Answer 8

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"for the dead" was found 10 times in 9 verses.

Leviticus 19:28 - Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 21:1 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

Deuteronomy 14:1 - Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Deuteronomy 26:14 - I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

2 Samuel 14:2 - And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

Jeremiah 16:7 - Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Jeremiah 22:10 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

Ezekiel 24:17 - Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

1 Corinthians 15:29 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

Answer 9

Quite a few references here http://www.xtat.org/tattoosbible.php

Answer 10

well it says that you shouldn't get tattoos or pierce any part of your body.