Bible Verses About Defilement: Neglecting purification from, punished by cutting off
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
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.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Verses on Neglecting purification from, punished by cutting off
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
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.