He Is Holy
He Is Holy1
He is! He is infinitely Holy. The Lord YHWH, the LORD, is the most Holy One,2 the One3 and only True God,4 the Everlasting God,5 eternally self-existent.6 For anyone or anything else to exist, He must beget or create, for He is the only self-existent, unbegotten,7 and uncreated One. The LORD creates according to His good pleasure.8 To His creation, the LORD is utterly Holy, He is completely the Other,9 the perfectly sacred because He is infinitely eternal and His creation is not. Holiness is the chief attribute of the LORD God; all of His other divine attributes flow from His Holiness. God’s Holiness is proclaimed throughout the Bible, beginning with the very first verse, where He is declared the Creator of all else that exists, the spiritual realm (“the heavens”), the physical realm (“the earth”), and even time itself (“In the beginning”). He is the LORD of time, all time, from the beginning to the end.10 He exists outside of time and is Holy with respect to time. He is Holy! Holy! Holy!11
So holy that sinless seraphim cover their feet and their faces, not daring to look at Him directly lest they be undone were He to reveal Himself in greater glory. So holy and glorious that no man can see God and live.12 If the LORD God were to reveal Himself in the fullness of His unveiled holiness and glory, man, angel, and all of creation would be completely undone, because that which is created is finite, and the LORD God is infinite. That which is created is never equal to nor greater than the Creator.13
Nothing and no one created can fully apprehend or comprehend the infinite. The infinite, glorious Holiness of the LORD God requires a condescension,14 a veiling, a mediator, between the Infinite Holy One and all else that is not.
The required and only proper response from each and every one of us His creatures is to fall on our knees and our faces before Him in complete submission and worship, proclaiming “Thou Art! You Are LORD! To You alone be all glory!”.15
Scripture references and quotations are from the Legacy Standard Bible [LSB], unless noted otherwise.
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Isaiah 40:25 “To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.”
Isaiah 43:14 Thus says Yahweh your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, “... 15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.”
Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is Yahweh of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.
2 Kings 19:22 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you heightened your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Job 6:10 But it is still my comfort, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not at all hidden away the words of the Holy One.
Psalm 71:22 I will also praise You with a harp, Even Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. 23 My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed. 24 My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek to do me evil.
Psalm 78:40 How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the wasteland! 41 Again and again they tested God, And pained the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 89:18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Proverbs 30:2 Surely I am more senseless than any man, And I do not have the understanding of mankind. 3 Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I know the knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name? And what is His Son’s name? Surely you know!
Holy One of Israel: Isaiah 1:4; 5:19,24; 10:17,20; 12:6; 17:7; 29:19,23; 30:11,12,15; 31:1; 37:23; 40:25; 41:14,16,20; 43:3,14,15; 45:11; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7; 54:5; 55:5; 60:9,14; Jeremiah 50:29; 51:5; Ezekiel 39:7; Hosea 11:9,12; Habakkuk 1:12; 3:3
Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one!
Jeremiah 10:10 But Yahweh is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King.
1 Kings 8:60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh is God; there is no one else.
Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is unsearchable.
Exodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
This attribute (“unbegotten”) of YHWH in all of His unveiled self-existent Holiness added to this post on August 7, 2025.
Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My counsel will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’,
Psalm 115:3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.
Psalm 135:6 Whatever Yahweh pleases, He does, In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all deeps.
Daniel 4:34 But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes toward heaven, and my knowledge returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation. 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, But He does according to His will in the host of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can strike against His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
Isaiah 40:18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him? … 25 “To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.”
Isaiah 46:5 “To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?”
Isaiah 41:4 Who has worked and done it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? ‘I, Yahweh, am the first; and with the last, I am He.’
Isaiah 44:6 Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts: ‘I am the first, and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.
Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My counsel will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’
Isaiah 48:12 Hear Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last. 13 Also, My hand founded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together.
Isaiah 6:2 Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is Yahweh of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory.”
Exodus 33:18 Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!” 19 And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!” 21 Then Yahweh said, “Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; 22 and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove My hand, and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.”
Isaiah 29:16 You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Psalm 113:1 Praise Yah! Praise, O slaves of Yahweh, Praise the name of Yahweh. 2 May the name of Yahweh be blessed From now until forever. 3 From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of Yahweh is to be praised. 4 Yahweh is high above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. 5 Who is like Yahweh our God, The One who sits on high, 6 The One who brings Himself low to see The things in heaven and on the earth? 7 Who raises the poor from the dust And lifts high the needy from the ash heap, 8 To make them sit with nobles, With the nobles of His people. 9 He makes the barren woman of the house sit As a glad mother of children. Praise Yah!
Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One high and lifted up Who dwells forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the crushed and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the crushed.
Isaiah 45:21 Declare and draw near with your case; Indeed, let them consult together. Who has made this heard from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, Yahweh? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me. 22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other. 23 I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.