8 Bible Verses about Sacrilege
Most Relevant Verses
Then when you may see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth know),
do you, who say not to commit adultery, commit adultery? do you, who abominate idolatry, rob temples?
For have you not houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you cast contempt on the church of God, and shame those not having? What do I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
If any one destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain.
shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.
and He says to them, It has been written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but you make it a den of thieves.
Give me this power, that on whomsoever I may lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
From Thematic Bible
Sacrilege » By despoiling the temple
Sacrilege » Condemned
For have you not houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you cast contempt on the church of God, and shame those not having? What do I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
do you, who say not to commit adultery, commit adultery? do you, who abominate idolatry, rob temples?
Sacrilege » Forbidden
If any one destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.
whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain.
Sacrilege » Instances of » Of the money-exchangers in the temple
And Jesus came into the temple of God, and cast out all the buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-exchangers, and the seats of those selling the doves; and He says to them, It has been written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but you make it a den of thieves.
And He found in the temple those selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting: and having made a scourge of cords, He cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the money of the exchangers, and over-turned the tables. And He said to those selling doves; Take these things hence, make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.
And having come into the temple, He began to cast out those buying and selling,
Sacrilege » Instances of » Nadab and abihu offer "strange" (unauthorized) fire
Sacrilege » Instances of » Of uzziah
Sacrilege » Instances of » Of those who profaned the lord's supper
for the one eating and drinking, net discerning the body, eats and drinks condemnation to himself.