Head / Forehead
Symbol: Authority, identity, will, consecration, allegiance.
Exodus 28:36–38 (NKJV):
You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD… it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
Ezekiel 3:7–9 (NKJV):
Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads…
Revelation 7:3 (NKJV):
‘Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.’
Revelation 13:16 (NKJV):
He causes all… to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads.
Hair
Symbol: Strength, glory, consecration, wisdom.
Numbers 6:5 (NKJV):
All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head… he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
Judges 16:17 (NKJV):
‘If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.’
Proverbs 16:31 (NKJV):
The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 11:15 (NKJV):
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.
Eyes
Symbol: Perception, understanding, desire, moral outlook.
Matthew 6:22–23 (NKJV):
The lamp of the body is the eye… if your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.
Genesis 3:6 (NKJV):
So when the woman saw that the tree was… pleasant to the eyes… she took of its fruit and ate.
2 Chronicles 16:9 (NKJV):
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth…
John 9:39–41 (NKJV):
Jesus said, ‘For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see…’
Ears
Symbol: Hearing, obedience, receptivity.
Romans 10:17 (NKJV):
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Ezekiel 12:2 (NKJV):
They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear…
Jeremiah 6:10 (NKJV):
Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot give heed…
Matthew 11:15 (NKJV):
He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Exodus 21:6 (NKJV):
His master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
Nose / Breath
Symbol: Life, spirit, discernment, anger.
Genesis 2:7 (NKJV):
And the LORD God… breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Ezekiel 37:9–10 (NKJV):
‘Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.’
Exodus 15:8 (NKJV):
And with the blast of Your nostrils the waters were gathered together…
Psalm 18:8 (NKJV):
Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth…
Mouth / Tongue / Lips
Symbol: Speech, truth, confession, deceit, worship.
Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV):
Death and life are in the power of the tongue…
Romans 10:9–10 (NKJV):
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus… with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
James 3:6 (NKJV):
The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity…
Isaiah 6:5–7 (NKJV):
‘Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips…’ Then… he touched my mouth with it…
Psalm 119:103 (NKJV):
How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Neck
Symbol: Stubbornness, pride, submission.
Exodus 32:9 (NKJV):
And the LORD said… ‘I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people!’
Jeremiah 7:26 (NKJV):
Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck…
Matthew 18:6 (NKJV):
Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better… a millstone were hung around his neck…
Shoulders
Symbol: Burden-bearing, responsibility, authority.
Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV):
And the government will be upon His shoulder…
Luke 15:5 (NKJV):
When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Arms
Symbol: Strength, power, help.
Deuteronomy 33:27 (NKJV):
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms…
Isaiah 53:1 (NKJV):
Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
Hands
Symbol: Action, work, blessing, sin, covenant.
Psalm 90:17 (NKJV):
Establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
1 Timothy 2:8 (NKJV):
I desire… that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands…
Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NKJV):
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might…
Revelation 13:16 (NKJV):
He causes all… to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads.
Fingers
Symbol: Skill, precision, divine writing.
Exodus 31:18 (NKJV):
He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony… tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Luke 11:20 (NKJV):
But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Heart
Symbol: Center of thought, will, emotions, moral character.
Proverbs 4:23 (NKJV):
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
Jeremiah 17:9 (NKJV):
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
Ezekiel 36:26 (NKJV):
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you…
Matthew 5:8 (NKJV):
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Bowels / Inner Parts
Symbol: Compassion, emotion, deep feelings.
Philippians 1:8 (NKJV):
For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
Colossians 3:12 (NKJV):
Put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering…
Loins
Symbol: Strength, readiness, reproduction.
Ephesians 6:14 (NKJV):
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth…
1 Peter 1:13 (NKJV):
Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober…
Legs / Feet
Symbol: Walk, conduct, direction, stability.
Psalm 119:105 (NKJV):
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Isaiah 52:7 (NKJV):
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news…
Ephesians 6:15 (NKJV):
Having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace…
Proverbs 4:26 (NKJV):
Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
Blood
Symbol: Life, atonement, covenant.
Leviticus 17:11 (NKJV):
For the life of the flesh is in the blood… it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
Matthew 26:28 (NKJV):
For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Hebrews 9:22 (NKJV):
Without shedding of blood there is no remission.
Bones
Symbol: Strength, structure, inner being, vitality.
Proverbs 17:22 (NKJV):
A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Ezekiel 37:4–5 (NKJV):
‘O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD… surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.’
Skin / Flesh
Symbol: Mortality, vulnerability, sin nature.
Job 19:26 (NKJV):
And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God.
John 1:14 (NKJV):
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…
Note:
- The exact word for the body part may not be in NKJV but in the original language. Check other translations, even into other languages.
- The scriptures are not full in some cases, please reference your Bible.