Psalm 96:6
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Cross-references
Psalm 104:1 uses the exact same phrase 'splendor and majesty' to describe God's attire, echoing the divine attributes in His sanctuary.
Psalm 93:1 depicts the LORD robed in majesty and strength, echoing the splendor, majesty, and strength before Him in Psalm 96:6.
Psalm 29:1 calls heavenly beings to ascribe glory and strength to the Lord, the same pair found in His sanctuary.
Psalm 63:2 describes beholding God's power and glory in the sanctuary, directly matching the strength and beauty in His sanctuary from Psalm 96:6.
Psalm 45:3 uses the exact phrase 'splendor and majesty' for the king — the same attributes ascribed to God here, creating a royal parallel.
Psalm 27:4 expresses longing to dwell in the temple to behold God's beauty, linking to the sanctuary where strength and glory reside.
Psalm 29:2 urges worship in the splendor of holiness, connecting to the splendor that is before God in His sanctuary.
Psalm 50:2 portrays God shining from Zion, the perfection of beauty, linking to the sanctuary where His glory dwells.
Psalm 29:9 ends with all in God's temple crying 'Glory!', directly echoing the glory in His sanctuary.
Psalm 68:34 proclaims God's majesty over Israel and power in the skies — a thematic echo of the majesty and strength in God's sanctuary.
1 Chronicles 16:27 is nearly identical, with 'strength and joy' instead of 'strength and glory', showing a parallel liturgical tradition.
Exodus 28:2 describes priestly garments made 'for glory and for beauty' — echoing the splendor and glory of God's sanctuary in this verse.
2 Peter 1:17 describes Christ receiving honor and glory from the Majestic Glory, echoing the glory in God's sanctuary.
1 Chronicles 16:29 calls to 'worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness' — a parallel call to ascribe glory, though here the focus is on God's attributes in the sanctuary.
Isaiah 40:5 promises the glory of the Lord will be revealed to all — a broader manifestation of the glory that here resides in the sanctuary.
Isaiah 60:13 speaks of adorning the sanctuary with trees to glorify it — directly linking to the glory and strength that fill God's sanctuary here.
Jeremiah 17:12 calls the sanctuary a 'glorious throne' — reinforcing the idea that glory and strength are inherent to God's dwelling place.