17 Bible Verses about Purity, Nature Of
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And seeing some of his disciples eating bread with hands unclean, that is, unwashed, they found fault.
And when the days of her purification were accomplished according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
And, behold, a woman, who had an haemorrage twelve years, came behind, and touched the fringe of his garment:
And a woman, who had a flux of blood, for twelve years, who had spent all her substance on physicians, and could not get a cure from any;
And lo! a leper came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And instantly the leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, See thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.
And there came to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretching out his hand, touched him, and said to him, I will; be thou cleansed. And as he spake, the leprosy instantly departed from him, and he was cleansed.read more.
And giving him a strict charge, he immediately sent him away; and said to him, Take care, that thou speak not a word to any man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification, what Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
And it came to pass as he was just at one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy! and seeing Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And he stretching out his hand touched him, saying, I will: be thou cleansed. And instantly the leprosy departed from him. And he commanded him to tell no man: but go shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification, as Moses enjoined, for a testimony unto them.
let us come to him with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and the body washed with pure water:
not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but what cometh out of the mouth, that defileth the man.
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him, can make him unclean: but the things which come out from him, these are the things which make a man unclean.
in which were all the quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and reptiles, and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; slay and eat. But Peter said, By no means, Lord for I have never at any time eaten of any thing common or unclean.read more.
And the voice again a second time came to him, What God hath cleansed, call not thou unclean.
Then Paul took the men, and the following day being purified with them, he entered into the temple, declaring when the days of their purification would be completed, in order whereunto an oblation was to be offered for every one of them.
I know, and am convinced by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who thinketh any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
But when Peter came to Antioch I withstood him to his face, because he was blameable. For before certain persons came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles, but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision.
But when I saw that they walked not directly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to judaize? We who are Jews by descent, and not sinners sprung from Gentiles,
For every creature of God is good, and none to be rejected, if used with thanksgiving:
