BLB 2Cr 6

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2Cr 6:16 — And 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

what		Exd 20:3; Exd 23:13; Exd 34:14; Deu 4:23,24; Deu 5:7; Deu 6:14,15; Jos 24:14-24; 1Sa 7:3,4; 1Ki 18:21; 2Ki 17:33,34; 2Ki 21:4,5; 2Ki 23:5-7; 2Ch 33:4,5; Eze 36:25; Hsa 14:8; Zep 1:5; Mat 6:24; 1Jo 5:20,21
ye are		1Cr 3:16,17; 1Cr 6:19; Eph 2:20; Hbr 3:6; 1Pe 2:5
I will dwell		Exd 29:45; Lev 26:12; Psa 90:1; Eze 43:7,9; Zec 2:10,11; Jhn 6:56; Rom 8:9,11; Eph 3:17; 2Ti 1:14; 1Jo 4:12,15; Rev 21:3
I will be		Gen 17:7,8; Jer 24:7; Jer 31:33; Jer 32:38; Eze 11:20; Eze 36:28; Eze 37:26,27; Hsa 2:23; Zec 8:8; Zec 13:9; Rom 9:26; Hbr 8:10; Rev 21:7

Correlating Passages

what

	Exd 20:3	Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
	Exd 23:13	And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
	Exd 34:14	For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:
	Deu 4:23	Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
	Deu 4:24	For the LORD thy God [is] a consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.
	Deu 5:7	Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
	Deu 6:14	Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you;
	Deu 6:15	(For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
	Jos 24:14	Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
	Jos 24:15	And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
	Jos 24:16	And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
	Jos 24:17	For the LORD our God, he [it is] that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
	Jos 24:18	And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: [therefore] will we also serve the LORD; for he [is] our God.
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	1Sa 7:3	And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, [then] put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
	1Sa 7:4	Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
	1Ki 18:21	And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
	2Ki 17:33	They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
	2Ki 17:34	Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
	2Ki 21:4	And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
	2Ki 21:5	And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
	2Ki 23:5	And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
	2Ki 23:6	And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped [it] small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
	2Ki 23:7	And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that [were] by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
	2Ch 33:4	Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
	2Ch 33:5	And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
	Eze 36:25	Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
	Hsa 14:8	Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
	Zep 1:5	And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
	Mat 6:24	No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
	1Jo 5:20	And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
	1Jo 5:21	Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

ye are

	1Cr 3:16	Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
	1Cr 3:17	If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
	1Cr 6:19	What? 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?
	Eph 2:20	And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];
	Hbr 3:6	But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
	1Pe 2:5	Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

I will dwell

	Exd 29:45	And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
	Lev 26:12	And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
	Psa 90:1	[[A Prayer of Moses the man of God.]] Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
	Eze 43:7	And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
	Eze 43:9	Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
	Zec 2:10	Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
	Zec 2:11	And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
	Jhn 6:56	He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
	Rom 8:9	But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
	Rom 8:11	But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
	Eph 3:17	That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
	2Ti 1:14	That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
	1Jo 4:12	No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
	1Jo 4:15	Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
	Rev 21:3	And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.

I will be

	Gen 17:7	And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
	Gen 17:8	And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
	Jer 24:7	And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.