1 Kings 9:7
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
Cross-reference
1 Kings 9:3 promises God's eternal presence in the temple, which verse 7 threatens to remove if Israel is unfaithful.
Deuteronomy 4:26 calls heaven and earth as witnesses that idolatry leads to utter destruction from the land — identical warning.
Luke 21:24 describes Jerusalem's fall and captivity among nations, fulfilling the warning of being scattered and the temple rejected.
Matthew 24:2 echoes this warning as Jesus predicts the temple's total destruction, showing its enduring relevance.
Micah 3:12 prophesies the temple hill becoming a thicket, fulfilling the threat of temple rejection here.
Ezekiel 24:21 repeats the threat: God will desecrate His sanctuary, the pride of Israel, fulfilling the warning.
In Lamentations 2:16, enemies mock Jerusalem as a byword, directly fulfilling the warning that Israel would become a proverb among peoples.
Lamentations 2:15 shows passersby mocking Jerusalem, fulfilling the prediction of becoming an object of ridicule.
Lamentations 2:7 echoes the rejected sanctuary: God abandons His altar and sanctuary, just as warned.
Lamentations 2:6 shows the fulfillment as God destroys His dwelling and meeting place, echoing the rejected temple.
Jeremiah 52:13 records the Babylonians burning the temple, directly fulfilling the warning of temple rejection in 1 Kings 9:7.
Jeremiah 26:6 says God will make Jerusalem a curse, using similar language to the 'proverb and byword' in 1 Kings 9:7.
Jeremiah 24:9 uses the same 'byword' language for Israel's exile punishment, directly echoing the warning in 1 Kings 9:7.
Jeremiah 7:4-14 warns that the temple will be destroyed like Shiloh, echoing the conditional threat of temple rejection in 1 Kings 9:7.
Isaiah 65:15 echoes the curse: your name will be used as a curse by the chosen ones.
2 Kings 25:9 records the burning of the temple — the direct fulfillment of the threat that the house would be cast off for idolatry.
Leviticus 18:24-28 warns that the land will vomit out the defiled — directly parallels the threat of being cut off from the land here.
Deuteronomy 28:37 is the source of the 'byword and ridicule' curse that is applied to Israel here.
Deuteronomy 29:26-28 describes the land becoming like Sodom and the people uprooted in anger — a vivid parallel to the rejection of the land here.
2 Kings 17:20-23 recounts the actual rejection and exile of Israel — the historical fulfillment of the warning here against forsaking God.
2 Kings 25:21 details the deportation of Judah — the fulfillment of being cut off from the land as warned here.
2 Chronicles 7:20 is the parallel account, repeating the same threat of exile and the temple becoming a byword.
2 Chronicles 36:19 records the burning of the temple, the historical fulfillment of the rejection threatened in 1 Kings 9:7.
Psalm 44:14 laments becoming a byword among nations, exactly as this curse foretold.
In Jeremiah 29:18, God makes Israel a horror, hissing, and byword among nations — nearly identical language to the proverb and byword threatened here.
In Luke 21:6, Jesus foretells the temple's complete demolition — the exact fate pronounced here for rejecting God.
In Luke 19:44, Jesus laments Jerusalem's coming destruction — a direct outworking of the judgment threatened here for rejecting God.
In Mark 13:2, Jesus predicts the temple's total destruction — fulfilling the warning here that God would reject this temple.
In Zechariah 8:13, the prophet recalls Israel having been a curse among nations — the very 'byword' threatened here, now promised to become a blessing.
In Nehemiah 1:8, the prayer recalls God's word about scattering if unfaithful — the same covenant warning.
Daniel 9:16 confesses Jerusalem has become an object of scorn, directly fulfilling the warning of being a byword.
Ezekiel 36:3 says Israel became an object of malicious talk and slander, echoing the 'byword and object of ridicule'.
In Jeremiah 7:14, God applies the same threat of temple rejection to Judah, echoing the judgment on the house consecrated for His name here.
Ezekiel 22:4 explicitly says Israel will be an object of scorn and laughingstock, matching 'byword and object of ridicule'.
Ezekiel 5:15 echoes the same fate: Israel becomes a reproach and taunt, directly parallel to 'byword and object of ridicule'.
In 2 Kings 21:7, Manasseh's idolatry in the temple triggers the casting out that was threatened — a direct fulfillment.
In Psalm 79:4, the community laments being a reproach, fulfilling the warning that Israel would become a scorn.
In 2 Chronicles 7:19, the same conditional warning appears in the parallel account of the temple dedication.
In Lamentations 1:8, Jerusalem's sin makes her despised and filthy — a direct fulfillment of Israel becoming a byword and object of scorn as warned here.
In Nehemiah 1:3, the reproach of Jerusalem after exile shows the fulfillment of becoming a byword among nations.
In Jeremiah 44:8, idolatry makes the people a curse and reproach among nations — directly mirroring the proverb and byword curse pronounced here.
In Jeremiah 42:18, those who flee to Egypt become a curse, horror, desolation, and reproach — the same fate of being a byword among peoples as here.
In Jeremiah 25:9, the land becomes a horror and hissing — the same kind of scornful reputation Israel is warned will become a proverb and byword here.
In Lamentations 5:18, Zion lies desolate with jackals — the temple mount's ruin fulfills the rejection and desolation threatened for the house here.
In Jeremiah 17:4, losing the inherited land and serving enemies matches the cutting off from the land threatened here — a covenant curse repeated.
In Jeremiah 44:22, the land becomes a desolation, waste, and curse because of sin — echoing the promised ruin for the temple and land here.
In Isaiah 48:19, the same conditional promise reverses the curse — if Israel had obeyed, their name would not be cut off, contrasting with the cutting off here.
Ezekiel 23:32 describes a cup of judgment bringing scorn and derision, paralleling the shame of becoming a byword.
Ezekiel 33:27-29 describes the desolation of the land as punishment, paralleling the threat of removal from the land in 1 Kings 9:7.
In Joel 2:17, priests plead that Israel not become a reproach, echoing the byword warning — a prayer to avoid the judgment.