Thematic Bible: What defiles the earth


Thematic Bible



The earth is polluted by its inhabitants,
for they have transgressed teachings,
overstepped decrees,
and broken the everlasting covenant.
Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, God's with NoahGod, The EternalEcological ConcernsPolluting The LandBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's LawDefilement

Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. God saw how corrupt the earth was, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth. Then God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

“Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahAtonement, in OTSheddingHuman Blood ShedPolluting The LandLifebloodAtoning By SacrificesJudgement On MurderersThe Environmentcleansing

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