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13 Bible Verses About Cleaning Your House

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Summary

  • Leviticus 14:33-53 sets out how a house with spreading mold was emptied, inspected, scraped and replastered, and torn down if the mold came back.
  • Exodus 12:15 and 12:19 require yeast to be cleared from every house for the seven days of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and Paul applies the festival to the church in 1 Corinthians 5:7.
  • In Luke 15:8 a woman sweeps her house to find one lost coin, and Jesus compares her celebration to the rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
  • In Matthew 23:25-26 Jesus tells the Pharisees to clean the inside of the cup and dish first, and in Matthew 12:44 a house swept clean but left empty is taken over by worse spirits.
  • In Luke 10:38-42 Martha, busy with preparations for Jesus, is told that her sister Mary, listening at his feet, has chosen what is better.

The Bible describes a house being cleaned in a few places and says more about looking after a household. Leviticus 14:33-53 gives the law for a house with spreading mold, and Exodus 12:15 orders yeast removed from every house for the Festival of Unleavened Bread. Jesus speaks of a woman who sweeps her house for a lost coin (Luke 15:8) and of a house left “swept clean and put in order” (Matthew 12:44). Proverbs 31:27 praises a wife who watches…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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