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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
defile .
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Examples
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When they push their outmoded drug laws, remind them that Jesus said "It's not what goes into a man's mouth that defileth him but what comes out of it."
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When they push their outmoded drug laws, remind them that Jesus said "It's not what goes into a man's mouth that defileth him but what comes out of it."
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Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Think Progress » The NeoCon Motto: Never Lose Faith In Someone Who Tells You What You Want To Hear 2006
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A passage in Matthew—“Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man”15:11—was helpful in converting gentiles who wanted to continue observing their own dietary laws, and so helped make Christianity seem all-welcoming and egalitarian.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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To which our hero replied, “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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Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
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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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So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
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