Leviticus 18:25

New American Bible - revised edition

And so the land has become defiled, and I have punished it for its wickedness, and the land has vomited out its inhabitants.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:26

He became completely abominable by going after idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord drove out of the Israelites’ way.

Ezra 9:11

which you gave through your servants the prophets: The land which you are entering to take as your possession is a land unclean with the filth of the peoples of the lands, with the abominations with which they have filled it from one end to the other by their uncleanness.

Psalm 106:38

Shedding innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, desecrating the land with bloodshed.

Psalm 89:32

If they fail to observe my statutes, do not keep my commandments,

Isaiah 24:5

The earth is polluted because of its inhabitants, for they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, broken the ancient covenant.

Isaiah 26:21

See, the Lord goes forth from his place, to punish the wickedness of the earth’s inhabitants; The earth will reveal the blood shed upon it, and no longer conceal the slain.

Jeremiah 14:10

Thus says the Lord about this people: They so love to wander that they cannot restrain their feet. The Lord takes no pleasure in them; now he remembers their guilt, and will punish their sins.

Jeremiah 16:18

I will at once repay them double for their crime and their sin because they profaned my land with the corpses of their detestable idols, and filled my heritage with their abominations.

Jeremiah 2:7

I brought you into the garden land to eat its fine fruits, But you entered and defiled my land, you turned my heritage into an abomination.

Jeremiah 23:2

Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have scattered my sheep and driven them away. You have not cared for them, but I will take care to punish your evil deeds.

Jeremiah 5:29

Shall I not punish these things?—oracle of the Lord; on a nation such as this shall I not take vengeance?

Jeremiah 5:9

Should I not punish them for this?—oracle of the Lord; on a nation like this should I not take vengeance?

Jeremiah 9:9

Over the mountains I shall break out in cries of lamentation, over the pastures in the wilderness, in a dirge: They are scorched, and no one crosses them, no sound of lowing cattle; Birds of the air as well as beasts, all have fled and are gone.

Hosea 2:13

I will put an end to all her joy, her festivals, her new moons, her sabbaths— all her seasonal feasts.

Hosea 8:13

They love sacrifice, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

Hosea 9:9

They have sunk to the depths of corruption, as in the days of Gibeah; God will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.

Leviticus 18:26

You, however, must keep my statutes and decrees, avoiding all these abominations, both the natives and the aliens resident among you—

Leviticus 18:28

otherwise the land will vomit you out also for having defiled it, just as it vomited out the nations before you.

Romans 8:22

We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now;

Deuteronomy 18:12

Anyone who does such things is an abomination to the Lord, and because of such abominations the Lord, your God, is dispossessing them before you.

Deuteronomy 21:23

his corpse shall not remain on the tree overnight. You must bury it the same day; anyone who is hanged is a curse of God. You shall not defile the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage.

Deuteronomy 9:5

No, it is not because of your justice or the integrity of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land; but it is because of their wickedness that the Lord, your God, is dispossessing these nations before you and in order to fulfill the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.