18 Bible Verses about Defilement
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it is not what enters a man's mouth that defiles him, what defiles a man is what comes out of his mouth."
while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart ??and that is what defiles a man.
nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him; it is what comes from him that defiles him.
God will destroy anyone who would destroy God's temple, for God's temple is sacred ??and that is what you are.
That is what defiles a man; a man is not defiled by eating with hands unwashed!"
For the pure all things are pure, but nothing is pure for the polluted and unbelieving; their very mind and conscience are polluted.
They have not been defiled by intercourse with women ??they are celibates; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among men, as the first to be reaped for God and the Lamb.
see to it that no one misses the grace of God, that no root of bitterness grows up to be a trouble by contaminating all the rest of you;
He said to them, "So you do not understand, either? Do you not see how nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him?
Let marriage be held in honour by all, and keep the marriage-bed unstained. God will punish the vicious and adulterous.
immoral persons, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine
After escaping the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if they get entangled and overpowered again, the last state is worse for them than the first.
Nothing profane, none who practises abomination or falsehood shall enter, but those alone whose names are written in the Lamb's book of Life.
From Thematic Bible
Defilement » Of sin
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Defilement » What defiles a man
And the tongue is a fire, the tongue proves a very world of mischief among our members, staining the whole of the body and setting fire to the round circle of existence with a flame fed by hell.
Then he called the crowd and said to them, "Listen, understand this: it is not what enters a man's mouth that defiles him, what defiles a man is what comes out of his mouth."
Then he called the crowd to him again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand this: nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him; it is what comes from him that defiles him. If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to this." read more.
Now when he went indoors away from the crowd, his disciples asked him the meaning of this parabolic saying. He said to them, "So you do not understand, either? Do you not see how nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him? It does not enter his heart but his belly and passes from that into the drain" (thus he pronounced all food clean). "No," he said, "it is what comes from a man, that is what defiles him. From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder, adultery, lust, malice, deceit, sensuality, envying, slander, arrogance, recklessness, all these evils issue from within and they defile a man."
Defilement » Caused by » Touching carcass of an unclean thing
Defilement » Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel
A second time the voice came back to him, "What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common."
I know, I am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is in itself unclean; only, anything is unclean for a man who considers it unclean.
As you died with Christ to the Elemental spirits of the world, why live as if you still belonged to the world? Why submit to rules and regulations like "Hands off this!" "Taste not that!" "Touch not this!" ??22 referring to things that perish by being used? These rules are determined by human precepts and tenets;
Defilement » Ceremonial
Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;
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
He saw heaven open and a vessel coming down, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners to the earth,
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 enters a man's mouth that defiles him, what defiles a man is what comes out of his mouth."
while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart ??and that is what defiles 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
They noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with 'common' (that is, unwashed) hands.
That is what defiles a man; a man is not defiled by eating with hands unwashed!"
Defilement » Illustrative » Of unholy doctrines
Do you not know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells within you? God will destroy anyone who would destroy God's temple, for God's temple 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
Do you not know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells within you? God will destroy anyone who would destroy God's temple, for God's temple is sacred ??and that is what you are.
Defilement » Caused by » Childbirth
When the days for their purification in terms of the Mosaic law had elapsed, they brought 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
For the pure all things are pure, but nothing is pure for the polluted and unbelieving; their very mind and conscience are polluted. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for good work of any kind.
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
Despite it all, these visionaries pollute their flesh, scorn the Powers celestial, and scoff at the angelic Glories.
Defilement » Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause
Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;
Defilement » Caused by » Copulation
Defilement » Egyptian usage, concerning
Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement
Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'
Topics on Defilement
Defilement, By Sin
Revelation 14:4They have not been defiled by intercourse with women ??they are celibates; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among men, as the first to be reaped for God and the Lamb.
Defilement, Objects Of
1 Corinthians 8:7But remember, it is not everyone who has this 'knowledge.' Some who have hitherto been accustomed to idols eat the food as food which has been really offered to an idol, and so their weaker conscience is contaminated.
