9 occurrences

'Defiles' in the Bible

If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity, she defiles her father; she must be burned up.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersCremationAdulterersProfanityProstitutionPunishment, Legal Aspects OfHarlotsBurning Peoplebranding

“This is the law regarding jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

Verse ConceptsThose Jealous For People

Anyone who touches a body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person will be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean because the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationRitual WashingSprinklingContaminationSprinkling WaterTouching Unclean ThingsPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

“Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahAtonement, in OTSheddingHuman Blood ShedPolluting The LandLifebloodAtoning By SacrificesJudgement On MurderersThe Environmentcleansing

though the father has done none of them. Indeed, when the son eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Verse ConceptsShrinesAdulteryHow People EatSacrificing On The High Places

One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsLewdnessdaughtersOffenceSexual Sin, Nature OfSisters

It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfCursingEntering The MouthComing Out Of PeopleFood PermittedOther References To MouthsDefilementMarijuana

Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him.

Verse ConceptsComing Out Of People

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Tarnish (1 instance)

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