Isaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house that you would build for me, and where will my resting place be?
1 Kings 8:27
and yet, will God truly reside on earth? Look! Neither the sky nor the highest heaven can contain you! How much less this Temple that I have built!
Matthew 5:34-35
But I tell you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is God's throne,
John 4:20-21
Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain. But you Jews say that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem."
Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn't live in shrines made by human hands,
2 Samuel 7:5-7
"Go tell my servant David, "This is what the LORD says:
Psalm 11:4
The LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD's throne is in the heavens. His eyes see, his glance examines humanity.
Acts 7:48-50
However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,
1 Chronicles 28:2
King David rose to his feet and said, "My fellow citizens, may I have your attention. I intended to build a house of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, for a footstool of our God, so I began preparations for its construction.
2 Chronicles 6:18
and yet, will God truly reside on earth with human beings? Look! Neither the sky nor the highest heaven can contain you! How much less this Temple that I have built!
Psalm 99:9
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy! A psalm of thanksgiving
Psalm 132:7
Let's go to his dwelling place and worship at his footstool.
Jeremiah 7:4-11
"Change your ways and your deeds, and I'll let you live in this place. Don't trust deceptive words like these, and say, "The Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD,'
Malachi 1:11
Even so, from where the sun rises to where it sets my name will be great among the Gentiles. Incense will be brought to me everywhere, along with pure offerings, because my name will be great among the Gentiles," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Matthew 23:21-22
The one who swears an oath by the sanctuary swears by it and by the one who lives there.
Matthew 24:2
But he told them, "You see all these things, don't you? I tell all of you with certainty, there isn't a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down."