11 occurrences

'Defile' in the Bible

For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordLaw, OtSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterUnclean SpiritsPeople Polluting ThemselvesThe Lord Is GodBe Holy For I Am Holy

Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessHoliness,  Worldly SeparationParticipation, In SinSeparationDeath Due To God's PresencePolluting Holy Places

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfBestialityLaws Of Sexual UnionRelation Of Animals To ManInterracial Marriagesex

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

Verse ConceptsPollutionsPollution ForbiddenThe Lord Will Drive Them OutDefilement

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualRetributionDefilementSame Sex Marriage

Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Verse ConceptsCustomPurity, Moral And SpiritualThe Lord Is GodHating Uncleanness

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodOpposition, To Sin And EvilSanctuaryProfaning God's NameGod OpposingPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

Verse ConceptsPollution Forbidden

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Corrupt (70 instances)
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Taint (1 instance)
Tarnish (1 instance)

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