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Acts 7:49

‘Heaven is My throne

and the earth is My footstool.

What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord,

or where will My place of repose be?

Acts 7:49 BSB

Acts 7:49 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 66:1 (27 votes) and Psalm 11:4 (12 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Exodus 17 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Acts 7:49 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 66:127 votes

    This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

  2. Psalm 11:412 votes

    The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

  3. John 4:218 votes

    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

  4. Jeremiah 23:246 votes

    “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

  5. Matthew 5:34–356 votes

    But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

  6. Revelation 3:216 votes

    To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

  7. 1 Kings 22:195 votes

    Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

  8. Matthew 23:225 votes

    And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

  9. Jeremiah 7:4–114 votes

    Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, …

  10. Matthew 24:24 votes

    “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

  11. Malachi 1:112 votes

Which verses point to Acts 7:49?

The 10 strongest of 22.