17 Bible Verses about Defilement

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Matthew 15:11

"Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."

Matthew 15:18

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart??nd that is what defiles a man.

Mark 7:15

"Listen to me, all of you, and understand; there is nothing outside a man which by entering in can defile him; but it is what comes from him that defiled him."

1 Corinthians 3:17

If any one tear down God's sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.

Matthew 15:20

These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

Revelation 14:4

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are celibates. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among men to be the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.

Mark 7:18

"Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him,

1 Timothy 1:10

for the immoral, for sexual perverts, for slave dealers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them and overpowered, their last state is become worse than their first.

Acts 10:14

"Not so, my Lord," answered Peter, "for I have never yet eaten anything common and unclean."

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Defilement » Of sin

Defilement » Who defiles the land

More verses: Ezekiel 36:16-18

Defilement » What defiles a man

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Matthew 15:10-11

Then Jesus called the people to him and said: "Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."

Mark 7:14-23

Then again he called the crowd to him and said: "Listen to me, all of you, and understand; there is nothing outside a man which by entering in can defile him; but it is what comes from him that defiled him." OMITTED TEXT. read more.
After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable. "Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly, and passes away, ejected from him?" By these words he pronounced all foods clean. "What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him. From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes??22 fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly??23 all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."

Defilement » Caused by » Touching carcass of an unclean thing

Defilement » Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel

Acts 10:15

And again a second time came to him a voice, saying, "What God has cleansed you must not call common."

Colossians 2:20-22

If you died with Christ to the world's rudimentary notions, why, as if you still lived in the world, do you submit yourselves to dogmatisms found on teachings and doctrines of men??21 such as "Do not handle this," "You must not taste that," "Do not touch this"??22 all things which are intended to perish in the using?

Defilement » Ceremonial

John 18:28

From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching a dead body or a bone

Defilement » Moral, caused by » Making and serving idols

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Eating unclean things

Acts 10:11

He beheld the sky opened, and a vessel descending like an enormous sail let down to earth by four corners.

Acts 10:14

"Not so, my Lord," answered Peter, "for I have never yet eaten anything common and unclean."

Defilement » of priests

Defilement » priests » Specially required to avoid

Defilement » Not defiling

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The land

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching a dead beast

Defilement » priests » Not to eat holy things while under

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Having a leprosy

Defilement » priests » To decide in all cases of

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The sanctuary

Defilement » Illustrative » Of sin

Matthew 15:11

"Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."

Matthew 15:18

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart??nd that is what defiles a man.

Defilement » Neglecting purification from, punished by cutting off

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Having an issue, &c

Defilement » Caused by » Touching the carcass of any ceremonially unclean animal

Defilement » What defiles the house of God

Defilement » Caused by » Leprosy

Defilement » Laws relating to

Defilement » Causes of, improperly enlarged by tradition

Mark 7:2

They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.

Matthew 15:20

These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

Defilement » Illustrative » Of unholy doctrines

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Do you not know what you are God's sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling within you? If any one tear down God's sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.

Defilement » Caused by » Touching the dead

Defilement » Caused by » Menses

Defilement » Those that defile the temple of God

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Do you not know what you are God's sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling within you? If any one tear down God's sanctuary, God will tear him down; for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.

Defilement » Caused by » Childbirth

Luke 2:22

And when the days for purification according to the law of Moses had passed, they took him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,

Defilement » Those that defile themselves

Defilement » Forbidden to the jews

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Furniture, &c

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching anything defiled by an issue, &c

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Mourning for the dead

Defilement » Caused by » Gonorrhea

Defilement » Cleansed by legal ablutions

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Garments

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Houses

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Going into a leprous house

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Eating things that died

Defilement » Moral, caused by » Following the sins of the heathen

Defilement » Moral, caused by » Seeking after wizards

Defilement » Moral, caused by » Giving children to molech

Defilement » priests » Punished for eating of the holy things while under

Defilement » Child-bearing

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The person

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Gathering ashes of the red heifer

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Being alone with a dead body

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching an unclean person

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching a grave

Defilement » Those that are defiled

Titus 1:15-16

All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted. They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him; in that they are detestable, disobedient, and reprobate for good work of any sort.

Defilement » Those under, removed from the camp

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Sacrificing the red heifer

Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Burning the red heifer

Defilement » Moral, caused by » Blood shedding

Defilement » Caused by » Killing in battle

Defilement » Caused by » Spermatorrhea

Defilement » Moral, punished

Defilement » Who defiles the flesh

Jude 1:7-8

So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the near-by cities which in like manner glutted themselves in sensuality and unnatural vice, are exhibited as a warning of the eternal fire, in the punishment they undergo. Yet in just the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, while they set at naught dominion and scoff at dignities.

Defilement » Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause

John 18:28

From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.

Defilement » Caused by » Copulation

Defilement » Egyptian usage, concerning

Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement

Topics on Defilement

Defilement, By Sin

Revelation 14:4

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are celibates. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among men to be the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.

Defilement, Objects Of

1 Corinthians 8:7

But that "knowledge" is not possessed by all; but some, accustomed until now to the idol, eat food as that which has actually been offered to an idol, and so their conscience, being still weak, is defiled.

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