Modesty
Humility and decency in dress, speech, and behavior reflecting reverence for the body and self.
Also known as: Modesty and Dress Standards · Modesty in Dress
54 documents · 6 libraries · 1971–2026
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 6 documents in 2000
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference35 documents
- BYU Speeches11 documents
- Liahona Articles5 documents
- BYU Studies1 document
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
- Scripture Central1 document
Latest
BYU Studies
In God’s Image (opens in a new tab)
Talise Hirschi , Lauren A. Barnes , Kyla Yetter , and Sarah M. Coyne · 2026
Scripture Central
Did Book of Mormon Peoples Wear Silk and Linen? (opens in a new tab)
Jun 2024
Liahona Articles
Christians in Corinth (opens in a new tab)
Eric D. Huntsman · Sep 2023
Liahona Articles
Different in a Good Way: Understanding Modesty as a Convert (opens in a new tab)
Camila Castrillón · Jun 2022
Liahona Articles
Modesty: It’s about More Than Clothes (opens in a new tab)
YA Weekly staff · Jun 2022
General Conference
The Moral Force of Women (opens in a new tab)
D. Todd Christofferson · Oct 2013
BYU Speeches
Why We Appreciate BYU (opens in a new tab)
Cecil O Samuelson · Jan 2012
General Conference
Guardians of Virtue (opens in a new tab)
Elaine S. Dalton · Apr 2011
General Conference
Be an Example of the Believers (opens in a new tab)
Mary N. Cook · Oct 2010
BYU Speeches
“Even if All, Not I” (opens in a new tab)
Sharon G Samuelson · Sep 2006
Earliest
BYU Speeches
Why Dress and Grooming Standards? (opens in a new tab)
Dallin H. Oaks · Sep 1971
Most frequent voices
- Dallin H. Oaks3 documents
- Elaine S. Dalton3 documents
- Thomas S. Monson3 documents
- Cecil O Samuelson2 documents
- D. Todd Christofferson2 documents
- Gordon B. Hinckley2 documents
- James E. Faust2 documents
- Jeffrey R. Holland2 documents
- L. Tom Perry2 documents
- Margaret D. Nadauld2 documents
- Mary N. Cook2 documents
- Susan W. Tanner2 documents
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