Psalm 87:1

Good News Translation

The Lord built his city on the sacred hill;

Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:1

King David, Solomon's father, had already prepared a place for the Temple. It was in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, at the place which Araunah the Jebusite had used as a threshing place. King Solomon began the construction

Psalm 121:1

I look to the mountains; where will my help come from?

Psalm 122:2

And now we are here, standing inside the gates of Jerusalem!

Psalm 42:1

As a deer longs for a stream of cool water, so I long for you, O God.

Psalm 68:16

Why from your mighty peaks do you look with scorn on the mountain on which God chose to live? The Lord will live there forever!

Psalm 78:69

There he built his Temple like his home in heaven; he made it firm like the earth itself, secure for all time.

Isaiah 14:32

How shall we answer the messengers that come to us from Philistia? We will tell them that the Lord has established Zion and that his suffering people will find safety there.

Isaiah 28:16

This, now, is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I am placing in Zion a foundation that is firm and strong. In it I am putting a solid cornerstone on which are written the words, ‘Faith that is firm is also patient.’

Isaiah 56:7

“I will bring you to Zion, my sacred hill, give you joy in my house of prayer, and accept the sacrifices you offer on my altar. My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations.”

Zechariah 8:3

I will return to Jerusalem, my holy city, and live there. It will be known as the faithful city, and the hill of the Lord Almighty will be called the sacred hill.

Matthew 16:18

And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it.

2 Peter 1:18

We ourselves heard this voice coming from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.