Bible Verses About Pollution
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for pollution, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,214 votes, led by Numbers 35:33-34. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Pollution
Numbers 35:33-34844 votes
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.
Jeremiah 2:7570 votes
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
Isaiah 24:4-6153 votes
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
Jeremiah 3:256 votes
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Jeremiah 16:1834 votes
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Jeremiah 3:932 votes
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Hosea 4:1-332 votes
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
John 3:16-2029 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Revelation 11:1828 votes
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Psalms 104:1-3527 votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
John 3:16-1725 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
2 Peter 2:2024 votes
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Isaiah 56:220 votes
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Jeremiah 3:2120 votes
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.
Genesis 1:2819 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
John 3:1619 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Revelation 1:119 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Genesis 1:2618 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Colossians 2:1-2318 votes
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Numbers 35:3417 votes
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
Genesis 1:1-2:2516 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:115 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:26-2715 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 2:315 votes
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Numbers 35:3315 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about pollution?
Readers most often cite Numbers 35:33-34 on the subject of pollution. Across 2,214 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 2:7, Isaiah 24:4-6, Jeremiah 3:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.