Leviticus 18:25

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Cross-references

Leviticus 18:28 directly continues the warning: the land will vomit out Israel as it did the previous nations, reinforcing the consequence.

Leviticus 20:22 repeats the warning that the land will vomit out Israel if defiled, directly echoing the same punishment.

Leviticus 20:16 gives the death penalty for bestiality, a specific sin that defiles the land as warned in Leviticus 18:25.

Numbers 35:34 reinforces the command not to defile the land because God dwells among His people, directly echoing Leviticus 18:25's logic.

In Ezekiel 36:18, God pours out wrath on them for defiling the land with blood and idols, directly continuing the judgment theme.

Isaiah 24:5 Parallel

Isaiah 24:5 declares the earth defiled by its people breaking the covenant, a universal statement of the same principle found in Leviticus 18:25.

Isaiah 26:21 depicts the Lord punishing inhabitants for iniquity, with the earth exposing bloodshed — similar to the land vomiting out inhabitants.

Jeremiah 2:7 directly echoes that Israel defiled God's land and made His inheritance detestable, mirroring Leviticus 18:25's land defilement theme.

Ezekiel 36:17 echoes this theme: Israel's ways defiled the land, using similar imagery of uncleanness to explain why God acted.

Exodus 22:19 prescribes death for bestiality, one of the sins that defiles the land and triggers the vomiting warning.

Deuteronomy 9:4 explains the nations are driven out due to their wickedness — the same rationale for the land vomiting them out.

1 Kings 21:26 shows Ahab repeating the abominations of the Amorites, whose defilement caused the land to vomit them out as in Leviticus 18:25.

2 Kings 21:2 shows Manasseh doing the same abominations as the dispossessed nations, illustrating the land defilement warned in Leviticus 18:25.

Ezekiel 33:26 directly echoes Leviticus 18:25, warning that committing abominations and defiling neighbors will forfeit the right to possess the land.

Romans 8:22 Parallel

Romans 8:22 expands this idea: the whole creation groans due to sin, not just the land — a broader application of creation's suffering.

Numbers 35:33 states that bloodshed pollutes the land, while Leviticus 18:25 focuses on sexual sins polluting it—same principle, different cause.

Jeremiah 16:18 mentions defiling the land with idols and detestable images, a different source of defilement than Leviticus 18:25's sexual sins.

Psalm 106:38 shows the land defiled by the blood of child sacrifices, a different defilement but the same result—land desecrated by sin.