Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Where is the house
General references
Bible References
Where is the house
2 Samuel 7:5
“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Should you be the one to build Me a house in which to dwell?
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in the deceptive and lying words [of the false prophets who claim that Jerusalem will be protected by God because of the temple], saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name shall be great among the nations. In every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 24:2
And He said to them, “Do you see all these things? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, not one stone here will be left on another, which will not be torn down.”
John 4:20
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].”
Acts 7:48
However, the Most High [the One infinitely exalted above humanity] does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet [Isaiah] says,
General references
Psalm 33:14
From His dwelling place He looks closely
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth—
From His dwelling place He looks closely
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth—
Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning,
Is the place of our sanctuary (the temple).
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning,
Is the place of our sanctuary (the temple).