Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
General references
Bible References
The pure
Luke 11:39
The Master however said to him, "Here we see how you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup or plate, while your secret hearts are full of greed and selfishness.
Acts 10:15
Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."
Romans 14:14
As one who lives in union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am certain that in its own nature no food is 'impure'; but if people regard any food as impure, to them it is.
1 Corinthians 6:12
Everything is allowable to me, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable to me, but to nothing will I become a slave.
1 Corinthians 10:23
Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.
1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth.
Their
1 Corinthians 8:7
But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted.
Hebrews 9:14
how much more certainly shall the blood of Christ, who strengthened by the eternal Spirit offered Himself to God, free from blemish, purify your consciences from lifeless works for you to serve the ever-living God?
Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with sincerity and unfaltering faith, having had our hearts sprinkled, once for all, from consciences oppressed with sin, and our bodies bathed in pure water.
General references
Acts 24:16
This too is my own earnest endeavour--always to have a clear conscience in relation to God and man.