10 Bible Verses about Spitting

Most Relevant Verses

John 9:6-7

When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with His saliva, and He spread the mud [like an ointment] on the man’s eyes. And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.

Leviticus 15:8

And if he who has the discharge spits on one who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Job 30:10


“They hate me, they stand aloof from me,
And do not refrain from spitting in my face.

Matthew 27:30

They spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him repeatedly on the head.

Numbers 12:14

But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp for seven days, and afterward she may return.”

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother’s widow shall approach him in the presence of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, ‘So it is done to that man who does not build up his brother’s household.’

Mark 7:33

Jesus, taking him aside by himself, away from the crowd, put His fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting, He touched the man’s tongue [with the saliva];

Mark 8:23

Taking the blind man by the hand, He led him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”

From Thematic Bible


Spitting » In the face, as an indignity

Matthew 27:30

They spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him repeatedly on the head.

Numbers 12:14

But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp for seven days, and afterward she may return.”

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother’s widow shall approach him in the presence of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, ‘So it is done to that man who does not build up his brother’s household.’

Job 30:10


“They hate me, they stand aloof from me,
And do not refrain from spitting in my face.

Spitting » Jesus used spittle for healing

Mark 7:33

Jesus, taking him aside by himself, away from the crowd, put His fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting, He touched the man’s tongue [with the saliva];

Mark 8:23

Taking the blind man by the hand, He led him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”

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