33 occurrences

'Defile' in the Bible

For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth 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 in the midst of them.

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

And thou shalt not 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 from before you;

Verse ConceptsPollutionsPollution ForbiddenThe Lord Will Drive Them OutDefilement

that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualRetributionDefilementSame Sex Marriage

Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.

Verse ConceptsCustomPurity, Moral And SpiritualThe Lord Is GodHating Uncleanness

I also 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

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesPollutionsPollution ForbiddenDeath Of A Family MemberGrandmothers

and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself.

Verse ConceptsBrothersSinglenessvirginity

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

Verse ConceptsPollution Forbidden

both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.

Verse ConceptsGod Living With UsRegulations For Men And Women

And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsHeadsThe Seventh Day Of The WeekPossibility Of DeathDay 7

And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesGod Living With UsGod Is Among YouDefilementrelaxation

his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedGallowsHangingHumiliationKillingPollutionsOvernightThe Curse Of The LawPeople Hung To DeathBurying places

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

Verse ConceptsGoldMenstruationOverlaid With SilverAbandoning IdolsUnclean Things

For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceAbominations, Idolatry IsAbominations, Sin IsPollutions

But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

Verse ConceptsA Place For God's NameAbominations

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

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

that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, By SinPeople Going AstrayPeople Polluting ThemselvesI Will Be Their GodSin Clings To The Sinnerreuniting

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

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

And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

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

And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!

Verse ConceptsSheddingThe Day Of JudgementPeople Polluting ThemselvesKilling Many People

therefore, behold, 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 neighbor'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 dwelling-places, 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, this is 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 the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, and by the dead bodies 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 go in to 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

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceConformityAlcoholCivil authoritiesDefilement, Ceremonial CausesGood Decision Making ExamplesDecisivenessLuxurySelf DenialSelf DisciplineSelf IndulgenceTemptation, ResistingForbidden FoodDefilementEating Meatpork

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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