Bible Verses about βtaking care of gods templeβ
The Bible contains 22 verses about taking care of gods temple across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
βWhat? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?β
βFor ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.β
βΒΆ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.β
βΒΆ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?β
βIf any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.β
βFor bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.β
βBut I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.β
βYe also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.β
βAnd what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.β
βΒΆ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.β
βIn whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.β
βIn whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:β
βGo up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.β
βThus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.β
βBut he spake of the temple of his body.β
βAnd let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.β
βJesus answered and said unto them, βΉDestroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.βΊβ
βThen said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?β
β[Concerning] this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:β
βAnd I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.β
βΒΆ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,β
βSo Solomon built the house, and finished it.β
