Quotes about Defilement
“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.
- Ezekiel 36:17
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
- Amos 2:7
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
- Micah 2:10
So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
- Haggai 2:13
Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.
- Haggai 2:14
These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
- Matthew 15:20
Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
- Mark 7:15
“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- Mark 7:18
He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
- Mark 7:20
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
- Acts 21:28
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
- Titus 1:15