10 occurrences

'Defile' in the Bible

My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHeavenly FacesEntering The TempleGod Changing His MindPolluting Holy PlacesInterlopers In The Temple

And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

Verse ConceptsFilling The SanctuaryGoing OutsideGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleCourts Of The Temple

Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Judgments OfAbominations, Sin IsSending Things AwayEvil EyesPollution ForbiddenAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

Verse ConceptsBad ParentsFalse ReligionExamples, Badevil, warnings againstChildren, attitudes towardsNot Imitating EvilPollution ForbiddenAvoiding IdolatryParents Being Wrongstatues

Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

Verse ConceptsSheddingThe Day Of JudgementPeople Polluting ThemselvesKilling Many People

Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSuffering From ForeignersLosing HonourPeople Without Mercy

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityThose Who Committed Adultery

Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

Verse ConceptsOffenceBeing Cleansed From SinAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God

And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfCarcass, Figurative UseHigh PlacesNames And Titles For The ChurchGod Living With UsProfaning God's NameSpiritual HarlotryCare Of FeetRules About Corpses

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

Verse ConceptsBrothersdaughtersParentsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSinglenessSistersLove Between RelativesHonouring ParentsPollution ForbiddenRules About CorpsesUnmarriedRelationships With Boyfriend

Bible Theasaurus

Corrupt (70 instances)
Defile (89 instances)
Deteriorate (2 instances)
Gorge (4 instances)
Stain (9 instances)
Taint (1 instance)
Tarnish (1 instance)

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