1 Corinthians 3:17

New International Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 28:17

He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”

1 Chronicles 29:3

Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple:

Psalm 74:3

Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Psalm 79:1

O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

Psalm 93:5

Your statutes, Lord, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.

Psalm 99:9

Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.

Exodus 3:5

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Isaiah 64:11

Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.

Ezekiel 43:12

“This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.

Ezekiel 5:11

Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.

Ezekiel 7:22

I will turn my face away from the people, and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure. They will enter it and will defile it.

Leviticus 15:31

“ ‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place, which is among them.’ ”

Leviticus 20:3

I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.

Numbers 19:20

But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

1 Corinthians 3:18

Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.