Verse 17

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

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  • 1 Cor 6:18-20 : 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.
  • Isa 64:11 : 11 For these things, will you restrain yourself, LORD? Will you remain silent and afflict us so severely?
  • Ezek 7:22 : 22 I will turn my face away from them, and they will desecrate my treasured place. Violent men will enter it and desecrate it.
  • Ezek 23:38-39 : 38 They have also done this to me: On the same day they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths. 39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.
  • Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
  • Zeph 3:4 : 4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; her priests have profaned the sanctuary and have done violence to the law.
  • Ezek 5:11 : 11 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity.
  • Gen 28:17 : 17 He was afraid and said, 'How amazing is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.'
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 God said, 'Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'
  • Lev 15:31 : 31 You must warn the Israelites about their impurity, so they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
  • Lev 20:3 : 3 I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people because he has given his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.
  • Num 19:20 : 20 But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now dedicate my personal treasure of gold and silver for the house of my God, in addition to all I have already provided for the holy house.
  • Ps 74:3 : 3 Lift up Your steps toward the perpetual ruins; the enemy has done all this evil in the sanctuary.
  • Ps 79:1 : 1 A psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
  • Ps 93:5 : 5 Your testimonies are very sure; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever.
  • Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and bow down at His holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.