17 Bible Verses about Defilement
Most Relevant Verses
"Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."
while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart??nd that is what defiles a man.
"Listen to me, all of you, and understand; there is nothing outside a man which by entering in can defile him; but it is what comes from him that defiled him."
If any one tear down God's sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.
These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted.
These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are celibates. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among men to be the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.
Look carefully that there be no one who falls back from the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up to trouble you, and by its means many become defiled.
"Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him,
Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.
for the immoral, for sexual perverts, for slave dealers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,
For if, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them and overpowered, their last state is become worse than their first.
There will not enter it anything profane, Nor any who work abominations and a lie; But only those who are written In the Lamb's Book of Life.
"Not so, my Lord," answered Peter, "for I have never yet eaten anything common and unclean."
From Thematic Bible
Defilement » Of sin
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Defilement » What defiles a man
And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Then Jesus called the people to him and said: "Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."
Then again he called the crowd to him and said: "Listen to me, all of you, and understand; there is nothing outside a man which by entering in can defile him; but it is what comes from him that defiled him." OMITTED TEXT. read more.
After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable. "Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly, and passes away, ejected from him?" By these words he pronounced all foods clean. "What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him. From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes??22 fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly??23 all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."
Defilement » Caused by » Touching carcass of an unclean thing
Defilement » Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel
And again a second time came to him a voice, saying, "What God has cleansed you must not call common."
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is in itself unclean; but any food is "unclean" for one who considers it "unclean."
If you died with Christ to the world's rudimentary notions, why, as if you still lived in the world, do you submit yourselves to dogmatisms found on teachings and doctrines of men??21 such as "Do not handle this," "You must not taste that," "Do not touch this"??22 all things which are intended to perish in the using?
Defilement » Ceremonial
From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching a dead body or a bone
Defilement » Moral, caused by » Making and serving idols
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Eating unclean things
He beheld the sky opened, and a vessel descending like an enormous sail let down to earth by four corners.
"Not so, my Lord," answered Peter, "for I have never yet eaten anything common and unclean."
Defilement » of priests
Defilement » priests » Specially required to avoid
Defilement » Not defiling
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The land
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching a dead beast
Defilement » priests » Not to eat holy things while under
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Having a leprosy
Defilement » priests » To decide in all cases of
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The sanctuary
Defilement » Illustrative » Of sin
"Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."
while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart??nd that is what defiles a man.
Defilement » Neglecting purification from, punished by cutting off
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Having an issue, &c
Defilement » Caused by » Touching the carcass of any ceremonially unclean animal
Defilement » What defiles the house of God
Defilement » Caused by » Leprosy
Defilement » Laws relating to
Defilement » Causes of, improperly enlarged by tradition
They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.
These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
Defilement » Illustrative » Of unholy doctrines
Do you not know what you are God's sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling within you? If any one tear down God's sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.
Defilement » Caused by » Touching the dead
Defilement » Caused by » Menses
Defilement » Those that defile the temple of God
Do you not know what you are God's sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling within you? If any one tear down God's sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.
Defilement » Caused by » Childbirth
And when the days for purification according to the law of Moses had passed, they took him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,
Defilement » Those that defile themselves
Defilement » Forbidden to the jews
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Furniture, &c
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching anything defiled by an issue, &c
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Mourning for the dead
Defilement » Caused by » Gonorrhea
Defilement » Cleansed by legal ablutions
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Garments
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Houses
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Going into a leprous house
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Eating things that died
Defilement » Moral, caused by » Following the sins of the heathen
Defilement » Moral, caused by » Seeking after wizards
Defilement » Moral, caused by » Giving children to molech
Defilement » priests » Punished for eating of the holy things while under
Defilement » Child-bearing
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The person
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Gathering ashes of the red heifer
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Being alone with a dead body
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching an unclean person
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching a grave
Defilement » Those that are defiled
All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted. They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him; in that they are detestable, disobedient, and reprobate for good work of any sort.
Defilement » Those under, removed from the camp
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Sacrificing the red heifer
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Burning the red heifer
Defilement » Moral, caused by » Blood shedding
Defilement » Caused by » Killing in battle
Defilement » Caused by » Spermatorrhea
Defilement » Moral, punished
Defilement » Who defiles the flesh
So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the near-by cities which in like manner glutted themselves in sensuality and unnatural vice, are exhibited as a warning of the eternal fire, in the punishment they undergo. Yet in just the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, while they set at naught dominion and scoff at dignities.
Defilement » Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause
From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.
Defilement » Caused by » Copulation
Defilement » Egyptian usage, concerning
Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement
Do not deceive yourselves. Evil companions ruin good morals.
Topics on Defilement
Defilement, By Sin
Revelation 14:4These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are celibates. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among men to be the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.
Defilement, Objects Of
1 Corinthians 8:7But that "knowledge" is not possessed by all; but some, accustomed until now to the idol, eat food as that which has actually been offered to an idol, and so their conscience, being still weak, is defiled.
