Isaiah 66:1

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

THUS saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What is this house that you will build to me? And what is this place of my rest?

Cross References

Acts 17:24

God, who made the world, and all things therein; he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

1 Kings 8:27

Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

Psalm 11:4

May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.

2 Chronicles 6:18

Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less this house, which I have built?

1 Chronicles 28:2

And the king rising up and standing said: Hear me, my brethren and my people. I had a thought to have built a house, in which the ark of the Lord and the footstool of our God might rest: and I prepared all things for the building.

Matthew 24:2

And he answering, said to them: Do you see all these things? Amen I say to you there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be destroyed.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 12:6

But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity. And his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Jeremiah 23:24

Shall a man be hid in secret places and I not see him, saith the Lord? Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

2 Chronicles 2:5

For the house which I desire to build is great: for our God is great above all gods.

Isaiah 60:13

The glory of Libanus shall come to thee, the fir-tree, and the box-tree, and the pine-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary: and I will glorify the place of my feet.