16 Bible Verses about Status Of The Temple

Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the Lord.

And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”

And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbers’ den.”

saying to them, “It is written, ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbers’ den.”

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,

And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;

Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples *said to Him, “Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”

And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said,

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.

You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it.