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

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

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18 (A)Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin[a] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person (B)sins against his own body. 19 Or (C)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? (D)You are not your own, 20 (E)for you were bought with a price. (F)So glorify God in your body.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Or Every sin

18 Flee from sexual immorality.(A) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(B) 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(C) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(D) 20 you were bought at a price.(E) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(F)

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

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

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22 I will turn my face from them, and (A)they shall profane my treasured[a] place. Robbers shall enter (B)and profane it.

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  1. Ezekiel 7:22 Or secret

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

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11 Therefore, (A)as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, (B)because you have defiled my sanctuary (C)with all your detestable things and with all your (D)abominations, (E)therefore I will withdraw.[a] (F)My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.

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  1. Ezekiel 5:11 Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down

11 Therefore as surely as I live,(A) declares the Sovereign(B) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(C) with all your vile images(D) and detestable practices,(E) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(F)

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20 “If the man who is unclean does not cleanse himself, (A)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.

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

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38 Moreover, this they have done to me: (A)they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and (B)profaned my Sabbaths. 39 For when (C)they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day (D)they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, (E)this is what they did in my house.

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38 They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary(A) and desecrated my Sabbaths.(B) 39 On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated(C) it. That is what they did in my house.(D)

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How Long, O Lord?

A Psalm of (A)Asaph.

79 O God, (B)the nations have come into your (C)inheritance;
    they have defiled your (D)holy temple;
    they have (E)laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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Psalm 79

A psalm of Asaph.

O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(A)
    they have defiled(B) your holy temple,
    they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(C)

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(A)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 (B)unclean and (C)to profane my holy name.

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

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

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  1. Isaiah 64:11 Or holy and glorious

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

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31 “Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by (A)defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”

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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,[a](A) which is among them.’”

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  1. Leviticus 15:31 Or my tabernacle

Your (A)decrees are very trustworthy;
    (B)holiness befits your house,
    O Lord, forevermore.

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Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
    holiness(A) adorns your house(B)
    for endless days.

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

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

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