Ezra 5:11

New English Translation

They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king of Israel built it and completed it.

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

1 Kings 6:38

In the eleventh year, in the month Bul (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.

1 Kings 9:10

After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace,

Ezra 5:10

We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders.

Psalm 119:46

I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures!

Daniel 3:26

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire.

Jonah 1:9

He said to them, “I am a Hebrew! And I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

Matthew 10:32

“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

Luke 12:8

“I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God’s angels.

Acts 27:23

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?

Galatians 6:14

But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Joshua 24:15

If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!”