'Unclean' in the Bible

therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'

Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.

And now a number of nations have come together against you, and they say, Let her be made unclean and let our eyes see the fate of Zion.

Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!

Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.

Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

Now Joshua was clothed in unclean robes, and he was in his place before the angel.

And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;

In that day there will be a fountain open to the family of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for that which is unclean.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

Every cooking pot in [all the houses in] Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take them and boil [their sacrifices] in them. And in that day there will no longer be a Canaanite [that is, any godless or spiritually unclean person, whether Jew or Gentile] in the house of the Lord of hosts.

You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value.

But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.

Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

It is not what goes into the mouth that makes a person unclean. It is what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean."

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating with unwashed hands doesn't make a person unclean."

And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

As He was stepping into the boat, the [Gentile] man who had been demon-possessed was begging with Him [asking] that he might go with Him [as a disciple].

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.

Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why don’t Your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ritually unclean hands?”

Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean.

He asked them, "Are you so ignorant? Don't you know that nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean?

Then he continued, "It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean,

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

All these things come from inside and make a person unclean."

For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly coming together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you: come out of him and never enter him again!”

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

Then Jesus was led from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters early in the morning. The Jews did not go into the headquarters, to avoid becoming unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal.

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Again the voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean."

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

But the voice replied a second time from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!'

shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!"

Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,

I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:

Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.

But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things [which are dishonorable—disobedient, sinful], he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified [set apart for a special purpose and], useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers

But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.

For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.

And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.

And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.

See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works.