18 Bible Verses about Defilement
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It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul.
Nothing that goes into a man from the outside can make him foul, but the things that come from the inside of a man are the things that make him foul."
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is sacred to Him, and you are that temple.
These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."
To the pure everything is pure, but to the impure and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are impure.
These are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women, for they are as pure as virgins, These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been redeemed from among men as the first fruits for God and the Lamb,
Continue to look after one another, that no one fails to gain God's spiritual blessing; or some evil like a bitter root may spring up and trouble you, and many of you be contaminated by it --
And He answered them, "Are you too without understanding yet? Do you not know that nothing from the outside that goes into a man can make him foul,
Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage relations kept sacred. Persons who are sexually vicious and immoral God will punish.
the immoral, men who practice sodomy, men who make other men their slaves, liars, perjurers, or anything else that is contrary to sound teaching,
For if, after men have escaped the corrupting ways of the world through a full knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are conquered by them, then their last condition is worse than their former one.
Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominable living and lying, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."
From Thematic Bible
Defilement » Of sin
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Defilement » What defiles a man
And the tongue is a fire, and takes its place among the parts of our bodies as a world of evil; it soils the whole body and sets on fire the circle of man's nature, and itself is set on fire by hell.
And He called the people to Him and said, "Listen to this and learn it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."
Again He called the people to Him and said, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into a man from the outside can make him foul, but the things that come from the inside of a man are the things that make him foul." Omitted Text. read more.
Now when He had left the crowd and gone home, His disciples were asking Him the meaning of this story. And He answered them, "Are you too without understanding yet? Do you not know that nothing from the outside that goes into a man can make him foul, because it does not reach his heart but only his stomach, and then passes off into the waste?" In thus speaking He made all foods clean. He kept on saying, "The thing that comes from the inside of a man is the thing that makes him foul, for from the inside, that is, from the hearts of men, designs for doing evil come, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, abusiveness, haughtiness, thoughtlessness. All these evils come from the inside of a man and make him foul."
Defilement » Caused by » Touching carcass of an unclean thing
Defilement » Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel
A second time the voice came to him, "The things that God has cleansed you must not call unclean."
I know, and through my union with the Lord Jesus I have a clear conviction, that nothing is unclean in itself; that a thing is unclean only to the person who thinks it unclean.
If once through fellowship with Christ you died and were separated from the world's crude notions, why do you live as though you belonged to the world? Why submit to rules such as, "You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch," which refer to things that perish in the using, in accordance with human rules and teachings?
Defilement » Ceremonial
Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper.
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
and saw the sky opened, and something like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the earth by the four corners,
But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."
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
It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul.
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 in the habit of eating their meals without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to make them clean.
These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."
Defilement » Illustrative » Of unholy doctrines
Are you not conscious that you are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God has His permanent home in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is sacred to Him, and you are that temple.
Defilement » Caused by » Touching the dead
Defilement » Caused by » Menses
Defilement » Those that defile the temple of God
Are you not conscious that you are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God has His permanent home in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is sacred to Him, and you are that temple.
Defilement » Caused by » Childbirth
Now when the period of their purification ended, in accordance with the law of Moses, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord, to do as it is written in the law of 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
To the pure everything is pure, but to the impure and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are impure. They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown Him; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for anything good.
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
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns which like them indulged in grossest immorality and unnatural vice, stand as a perpetual warning, in suffering the punishment of eternal fire. In just the same way these dreamers defile the body, discard authority, and deride the majesties.
Defilement » Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause
Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper.
Defilement » Caused by » Copulation
Defilement » Egyptian usage, concerning
Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement
Do not be so misled: "Evil companionships corrupt good character."
Topics on Defilement
Defilement, By Sin
Revelation 14:4These are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women, for they are as pure as virgins, These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been redeemed from among men as the first fruits for God and the Lamb,
Defilement, Objects Of
1 Corinthians 8:7But it is not in all of you that such knowledge is found. Some, because of their past habits with idols, even down to the present moment, still eat such food as was really sacrificed to an idol, and so their consciences, because they are overscrupulous, are contaminated.
