20 Bible Verses about Lack Of Holiness

From men who are thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom, - They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children: -

For men will be - fond of themselves, fond of money, ostentatious, arrogant, defamers, to parents, unyielding, unthankful, unkind,

Her priests have done violence to my law And have profaned my holy things, Between the hallowed and the common, have they put no difference, And between the unclean and clean, have they not taught men to discern,- And from my sabbaths, have they hid their eyes, So that I have been profaned in their midst.

Toward the four winds, measured he it a wall, had it round about on every side, in length, five hundred, and in breadth five hundred, - to make a separation, between the holy and the common.

Meanwhile, therefore, shall be gathered against thee many nations, - who are saying - Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.

Her prophets, are reckless, treacherous men! her priests, have profaned the holy, done violence to law.

Or have ye not read, in the law, that, on the sabbaths, the priests, in the temple, the sabbath, profane, and are, blameless?

and, observing certain of his disciples, that, with defiled hands, that is unwashed, they are eating bread, - -

and so the Pharisees and the Scribes, question, him - For what cause do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but, with defiled hands, eat bread?

But Peter said - By no means, Lord! because, at no time, have I eaten anything common or unclean.

And a voice came again, a second time, unto him - What things, God, hath cleansed, be not, thou, making common.

And said unto the - Ye, well know, how unlawful it is, for, a Jew, to be joining himself or coming in unto one of another race. And yet, unto me, hath God pointed out that I should be calling no man, common or unclean.

But I said - By no means, Lord, because, a common or unclean thing, hath at no time entered into my mouth.

And a voice answered, a second time, out of heaven - What things, God, hath cleansed, be not, thou, making common.

For ye have brought these men, neither as temple-robbers, nor as defaming our goddess.

who also attempted to desecrate even, the temple, whom we also seized,

Knowing this - that, to a righteous man, law, doth not apply, but to the lawless and insubordinate, ungodly and sinful, irreligious and profane, smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers, murderers,

But if, an altar of stones, thou wilt make to me, thou shalt not build them hewn, - for as soon as thou hast lifted, thy sharp tool, thereupon, thou hast profaned it;

They have cast, into the fire, thy sanctuary, To the ground, have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.

Therefore shall ye keep the sabbath, for holy, it is unto you, he that profaneth it shall be surely put to death; verily whosoever doeth therein any work that souls shall be cut off from the midst of its people: