1 Corinthians 3:17
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17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
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1 Corinthians 6:18-20
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18 Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. 19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
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Ezekiel 43:12
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12 And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the mountain where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the basic law of the Temple.
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Ezekiel 5:11
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11 “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple with your vile images and detestable sins.
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Ezekiel 7:22
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22 I will turn my eyes from them
as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.
Numbers 19:20
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20 “But those who become defiled and do not purify themselves will be cut off from the community, for they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Since the water of purification has not been sprinkled on them, they remain defiled.
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Leviticus 20:3
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3 I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech.
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Ezekiel 23:38-39
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38 Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day! 39 On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.
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Isaiah 64:11
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11 The holy and beautiful Temple
where our ancestors praised you
has been burned down,
and all the things of beauty are destroyed.
Psalm 79:1
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Psalm 79
A psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, pagan nations have conquered your land,
your special possession.
They have defiled your holy Temple
and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
Leviticus 15:31
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31 “This is how you will guard the people of Israel from ceremonial uncleanness. Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.
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Exodus 3:5
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5 “Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.
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Genesis 28:17
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17 But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!”
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Zephaniah 3:4
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4 Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain.
Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God’s instructions.
Psalm 99:9
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9 Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem,
for the Lord our God is holy!
Psalm 93:5
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5 Your royal laws cannot be changed.
Your reign, O Lord, is holy forever and ever.
Psalm 74:3
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3 Walk through the awful ruins of the city;
see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.
1 Chronicles 29:3
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3 “And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction. This is in addition to the building materials I have already collected for his holy Temple.
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