17 Bible Verses about Defilement

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Matthew 15:11

"Listen to this, and grasp it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that pollutes him; it is what comes out of his mouth that pollutes a man."

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they pollute a man.

Mark 7:15

Nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him. It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him."

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is sacred, and that is what you are.

Matthew 15:20

It is these things that pollute a man, but not eating with unwashed hands!"

Revelation 14:4

They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed from among men as the first-fruits for God and the Lamb,

Hebrews 12:15

Be careful that no one fails to gain God's favor, or some poisonous root may come up to trouble and contaminate you all??16 some immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his very birthright for one single meal.

Mark 7:18

And he said to them, "Have not even you any understanding then? Do you not see that nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him,

1 Timothy 1:10

immoral people, men sexually perverted, kidnapers, liars, perjurers, or whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,

2 Peter 2:20

For if after men have escaped the corrupting influences of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome by them, their final condition is worse than their former one.

Acts 10:14

But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."

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Defilement » Of sin

Defilement » Who defiles the land

More verses: Ezekiel 36:16-18

Defilement » What defiles a man

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell.

Matthew 15:10-11

And he called the people to him and said to them, "Listen to this, and grasp it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that pollutes him; it is what comes out of his mouth that pollutes a man."

Mark 7:14-23

He called the people to him again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand this. Nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him. It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him." OMITTED TEXT read more.
When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples asked him what he meant by this figure. And he said to them, "Have not even you any understanding then? Do you not see that nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him, since it does not go into his heart but into his stomach and then is disposed of?" So he declared all food clean. He went on to say, "It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him. For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, abusiveness, arrogance, folly??23 all these evils come from inside, and they pollute a man."

Defilement » Caused by » Touching carcass of an unclean thing

Defilement » Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel

Acts 10:15

The voice came to him again a second time, "Do not call what God has cleansed unclean."

Romans 14:14

I know and as a follower of the Lord Jesus I am convinced that nothing is unclean in itself; a thing is unclean only to the man who regards it as unclean.

Colossians 2:20-22

If you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things, why do you act as though you still belonged to the world, and submit to rules like "You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch"??22 referring to things that are all meant to be used up and destroyed? This is to follow mere human rules and regulations.

Defilement » Ceremonial

John 18:28

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's house. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's house themselves, to avoid being ceremonially defiled and to be able 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

Acts 10:11

and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners,

Acts 10:14

But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was 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

Matthew 15:11

"Listen to this, and grasp it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that pollutes him; it is what comes out of his mouth that pollutes a man."

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they pollute 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

Mark 7:2

They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to purify them.

Matthew 15:20

It is these things that pollute a man, but not eating with unwashed hands!"

Defilement » Illustrative » Of unholy doctrines

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit makes its home in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is sacred, and that is what you are.

Defilement » Caused by » Touching the dead

Defilement » Caused by » Menses

Defilement » Those that defile the temple of God

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit makes its home in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is sacred, and that is what you are.

Defilement » Caused by » Childbirth

Luke 2:22

When their purification period under the Law of Moses was over, 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

Titus 1:15-16

To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean. They profess to know God, but they disown him by what they do; they are detestable, disobedient men, worthless for any good purpose.

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

Jude 1:7-8

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns which like them indulged in immorality and unnatural vice stand as a warning, in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. In that same way these dreamers defile the body, make light of authority, and deride majesty.

Defilement » Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause

John 18:28

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's house. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's house themselves, to avoid being ceremonially defiled and to be able to eat the Passover supper.

Defilement » Caused by » Copulation

Defilement » Egyptian usage, concerning

Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement

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Defilement, By Sin

Revelation 14:4

They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed from among men as the first-fruits for God and the Lamb,

Defilement, Objects Of

1 Corinthians 8:7

But it is not everyone that has this knowledge; for some, through being long accustomed to idols, still eat meat that has been sacrificed to them as really offered to an idol, and their consciences, being oversensitive, are troubled.

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