"Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand." — 1 Corinthians 10:8

1 Corinthians 10:8 · KJV

“Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.”

— 1 Corinthians 10:8

Neither be ye idolaters, as {were} some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Verse 9

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

1 Corinthians 10 — Context

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. {our...: Gr. our figures}

Neither be ye idolaters, as {were} some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

Cross References

Numbers 25:1-9

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Psalms 106:29

Thus they provoked {him} to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.