2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

Cross References (50)

  • Revelation 21:3 (437)

    And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with

  • Exodus 29:45 (343)

    Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

  • Hebrews 8:10 (307)

    For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in

  • Leviticus 26:12 (275)

    I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.

  • Jeremiah 32:38 (252)

    They will be My people, and I will be their God.

  • Ezekiel 37:26–27 (251)

    And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply th

  • 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 (200)

    Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

  • Ezekiel 11:20 (186)

    so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be t

  • Jeremiah 31:33 (179)

    “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in

  • Zechariah 2:10–11 (160)

    “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 24:7 (154)

    I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will

  • 1 Corinthians 6:19 (143)

    Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are no

  • Hosea 2:23 (122)

    And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not

  • Romans 8:11 (118)

    And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will

  • Revelation 21:7 (117)

    The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

  • 1 John 4:15 (110)

    If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

  • Zechariah 8:8 (109)

    I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous G

  • Zechariah 13:9 (101)

    This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My n

  • Genesis 17:7–8 (86)

    I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your Go

  • Ephesians 3:17 (84)

    so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

  • Ezekiel 36:28 (84)

    Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.

  • John 6:56 (80)

    Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

  • Hebrews 3:6 (74)

    But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the ho

  • 1 Peter 2:5 (71)

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifi

  • 1 John 5:20–21 (65)

    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are

  • 2 Timothy 1:14 (65)

    Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

  • 1 John 4:12 (64)

    No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

  • Romans 9:26 (60)

    and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘son

  • Ezekiel 43:9 (55)

    Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among the

  • Romans 8:9 (47)

    You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does

  • Joshua 24:14–24 (38)

    Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the E

  • Ezekiel 43:7 (36)

    and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwel

  • 2 Chronicles 33:4–5 (31)

    Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forev

  • Ephesians 2:20 (31)

    built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

  • Ezekiel 36:25 (30)

    I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your

  • 1 Samuel 7:3–4 (29)

    Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the f

  • Deuteronomy 6:14–15 (29)

    Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

  • Deuteronomy 5:7 (29)

    You shall have no other gods before Me.

  • Exodus 34:14 (28)

    For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

  • Psalms 90:1 (28)

    A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

  • Deuteronomy 4:23–24 (28)

    Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yours

  • Exodus 20:3 (28)

    You shall have no other gods before Me.

  • Exodus 23:13 (27)

    Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be hear

  • Matthew 6:24 (27)

    No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despi

  • Revelation 2:1 (24)

    “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and

  • Hosea 14:8 (17)

    O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress;

  • 1 Kings 18:21 (12)

    Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follo

  • 2 Kings 21:4–5 (8)

    Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”

  • 2 Kings 17:33–34 (8)

    They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had

  • 2 Kings 23:5–7 (8)

    Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of th