Bible Cross References
The heaven
1 Kings 8:27
But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the Heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this house which I have built!
1 Chronicles 28:2
And King David rose to his feet and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.
2 Chronicles 6:18
But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the Heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this house which I have built.
Psalm 11:4
Jehovah is in His holy temple; Jehovah's throne is in Heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids examine the sons of men.
Psalm 99:9
Exalt Jehovah our God, and bow down at His holy hill; for Jehovah our God is holy.
Psalm 132:7
Let us go into His tabernacle; let us bow down at His footstool.
Matthew 5:34
But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by Heaven, for it is God's throne;
Matthew 5:35
nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
Matthew 23:21
He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.
Matthew 23:22
And he who swears by Heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
Acts 17:24
God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
where is the house
2 Samuel 7:5-7
5
Go and say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah: Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?
6
For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7
Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel, have I spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?
Jeremiah 7:4-11
4
Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, This is the temple of Jehovah.
5
For if you thoroughly make your ways and your doings good; if you work to execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
6
if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your hurt;
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then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
8
Behold, you trust in lying words that are of no benefit.
9
Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know;
10
and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, We are delivered to do all those abominations?
11
Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Jehovah.
Malachi 1:11
For from the east to the west, My name shall be great among the nations, and everywhere incense shall be offered to My name; and a pure food offering; for My name shall be great among the nations, says Jehovah of Hosts.
Matthew 24:2
And Jesus said to them, Do you not see all these things? Truly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
John 4:20
Our fathers did homage on this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the right place to do homage.
John 4:21
Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will do homage to the Father neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem.
Acts 7:48-50
48
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49
Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, or what is the place of My rest?
50
Has My hand not made all these things?