1 Corinthians 3:17

The English Standar Version

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Cross References

Genesis 28:17

And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

1 Chronicles 29:3

Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:

Psalm 74:3

Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

Psalm 79:1

O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Psalm 93:5

Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

Psalm 99:9

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!

Exodus 3:5

Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."

Isaiah 64:11

Our holy and beautiful[4] house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.

Ezekiel 43:12

This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

Ezekiel 5:11

Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw.[3] My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.

Ezekiel 7:22

I will turn my face from them, and they shall profane my treasured[7] place. Robbers shall enter and profane it.

Leviticus 15:31

"Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst."

Leviticus 20:3

I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law.

Numbers 19:20

"If the man who is unclean does not cleanse himself, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. Because the water for impurity has not been thrown on him, he is unclean.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you[2] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.