35 occurrences

'Unclean' in the Bible

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpiritsRestlessnessParables Of ChristNames And Titles For SatanComing Out Of PeopleDry PlacesDemonic Influence

"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.

Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

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

Verse ConceptsSpiritsIndividuals ShoutingThose DemonisedDemonic Influence

After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsComing Out Of PeopleConvulsionsIndividuals ShoutingThose Demonised

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

Verse ConceptsAmazingExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromNewnessAmazement, Of Jesus ChristAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist's DominionAuthority Of ChristWhat Is This?Christ's Ordersdoctrine

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofSaid To Be The ChristBowing Before Messiah

Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

Verse ConceptsCemeteryBoatsThose Demonisedmuscles

(For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!")

Verse ConceptsJesus Casting Out Demons

Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsTwo ThousandGroups RunningDemons EnteringComing Out Of PeopleDeath Of CreaturesOthers Going Down

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

Verse ConceptsFeetSpiritsBowing Before MessiahThose Demonised

Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."

Verse ConceptsDeafnessCrowdsExorcismsCommands, in NTDumbnessDemons, Christ's AuthorityRebukeRunningNatural DeafnessDemons EnteringJesus Casting Out DemonsDisadvantages Of CrowdsDumb

Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

Verse ConceptsSpiritsVoicesIndividuals ShoutingThose DemonisedCasting Out DemonsDemonic Influence

They were all amazed and began to say to one another, "What's happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

Verse ConceptsExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromPower, God's SavingAmazement, Of Jesus Christ

As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Verse ConceptsRebukeSpiritsSatan, Work OfConvulsionsThose Jesus HealedSigns Of Possible Demon Possession

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.'

Verse ConceptsEvil SpiritsRestlessnessDry PlacesComing Out Of PeopleRestCasting Out Demons

For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

Verse ConceptsCripplesdemons, Kinds ofMiracles, Nature OfSpiritsParalyticsPeople Casting Out DemonsGroups ShoutingHealing Through DisciplesMan's Authority Over The DevilCasting Out Demons

The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!"

Verse ConceptsAbolish, Temporary ThingsAcceptance, Of One AnotherSpeaking AgainLack Of HolinessGod's Callpork

He said to them, "You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessGentiles, In NtClean, Spiritual UseequalityRacial PrejudiceBigotryRacismDisfellowshipPeople Being UncleanAvoiding ForeignersUnrelated PeopleBreaking Man's LawJews Separate From GentilesLack Of Holiness

But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

Verse ConceptsMouthsFar Be It!Forbidden FoodLack Of Holiness

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

Verse ConceptsGod Speaks From HeavenLack Of Holiness

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!"

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationHoliness, As Set Apart For GodShoutingFalse Accusations, Examples OfMisteachingForeigners In The Holy PlacesGroups HelpingIsrael HardenedPolluting Holy Places

Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

Verse ConceptsFrogsMouthsFalse Prophets, Examples OfSatan, Agents OfThree AnimalsSpirit BeingsCosmic CreaturesOther References To MouthsBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic EventsjumpingDemonic Influence

Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.

Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UsedirtGoldJewelsMetalsColors, PurplePearlsRed ClothesPurple ClothesGold OrnamentsThey Committed ImmoralityWearing JewelleryUnclean ThingsFalse Religious SystemColor

He shouted with a powerful voice: "Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.

Verse ConceptsBabylonDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofSpiritsAbominations, Ceremonial MattersCagesDestruction Of BabylonBabylon DestroyedShout Of GodUnclean SpiritsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesUnclean Animals

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Dirty (13 instances)
Impure (44 instances)
Soiled (3 instances)
Unclean (414 instances)

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