Isaiah 66:1 Cross References

Isaiah 66:1

1: This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you ever build me a temple as good as that? Could you build a dwelling place for me?

Matthew 5:34

  1. But I say, don't make any vows! If you say, 'By heaven!' it is a sacred vow because heaven is God's throne.
  2. And if you say, 'By the earth!' it is a sacred vow because the earth is his footstool. And don't swear, 'By Jerusalem!' for Jerusalem is the city of the great King.

Acts 7:48

  1. However, the Most High doesn't live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says,
  2. 'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you ever build me a temple as good as that?' asks the Lord. 'Could you build a dwelling place for me?
  3. Didn't I make everything in heaven and earth?'

1 Kings 8:27

  1. "But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!

Acts 17:24

  1. "He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn't live in man-made temples,

2 Samuel 7:5

  1. "Go and tell my servant David, `This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a temple to live in?
  2. I have never lived in a temple, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until now. My home has always been a tent, moving from one place to another.
  3. And I have never once complained to Israel's leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. I have never asked them, "Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar temple?"'

Psalms 132:7

  1. Let us go to the dwelling place of the LORD; let us bow low before him.

John 4:20

  1. So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?"
  2. Jesus replied, "Believe me, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father here or in Jerusalem.

Psalms 11:4

  1. But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everything closely, examining everyone on earth.

Matthew 23:21

  1. And when you swear 'by the Temple,' you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.
  2. And when you swear 'by heaven,' you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.

Jeremiah 7:4

  1. But do not be fooled by those who repeatedly promise your safety because the Temple of the LORD is here.
  2. I will be merciful only if you stop your wicked thoughts and deeds and are fair to others;
  3. and if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; and if you stop your murdering; and if you stop worshiping idols as you now do to your own harm.
  4. Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
  5. " `Do you think that because the Temple is here you will never suffer? Don't fool yourselves!

1 Chronicles 28:2

  1. David rose and stood before them and addressed them as follows: "My brothers and my people! It was my desire to build a temple where the Ark of the LORD's covenant, God's footstool, could rest permanently. I made the necessary preparations for building it,

Psalms 99:9

  1. Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem, for the LORD our God is holy!

2 Chronicles 6:18

  1. "But will God really live on earth among people? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!

Malachi 1:11

  1. But my name is honored by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations," says the LORD Almighty.

Matthew 24:2

  1. But he told them, "Do you see all these buildings? I assure you, they will be so completely demolished that not one stone will be left on top of another!"
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