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Bible Verses About Uncleanliness

This collection includes 50 passages about Uncleanliness. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

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For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

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And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

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Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

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Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

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And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

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The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

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And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

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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.

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And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

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Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

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Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

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And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

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Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.

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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

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But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

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In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

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Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

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And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

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And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

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Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

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And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

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To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

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For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

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And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.

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Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

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Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

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I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

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Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

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For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

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