Scriptures about the temple: Solomon’s temple, the heavenly temple, and believers as God’s temple.
11 Scriptures · “Father’s Blessing” Bible
1 Kings 8:10–13
10 When the priests came out of the sanctuary, the cloud filled the house of the Lord; 11 and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord. 12 Then Solomon said: The Lord said that He would dwell in thick darkness; 13 I have surely built You a temple as a dwelling place, a place for You to dwell forever.
2 Chronicles 7:1–3
1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 The priests could not enter the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. 3 When all the children of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed facedown on the pavement, worshiped, and praised the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His mercy endures forever.”
Psalm 84:1–4
1 To the choirmaster. On the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm. How lovely are Your dwelling places, Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at Your altars, Lord of hosts, my King and my God! 4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they will continually praise You.
John 2:19–21
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and You will raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking about the temple of His body.
1 Corinthians 3:16–17
16 Do you not know that you are God's temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, and that temple is you.
1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.
Ephesians 2:19–22
19 So then, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ Himself as the cornerstone, stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God by the Spirit.
Revelation 21:22
I saw no temple in it, because its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.
Mark 11:15–17
15 They arrived in Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there; He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves; 16 and He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple. 17 Then He taught them, saying, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
Acts 7:48
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made by human hands, as the prophet says:
2 Corinthians 6:16
What fellowship does the temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
