Quotations from the Old Testament in the New Testament
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
Many of the references in the following table are direct quotations; others are paraphrases or close allusions to older scriptural texts.
OT Source: Torah | NT Reference | . | OT Source: Hist./Wis. | NT Reference | . | OT Source: Prophets | NT Reference |
Genesis 1:27 | Matthew 19:4 | . | 1 Samuel 13:14 | Acts 13:22b | . | Isaiah 1:9 | Romans 9:29 |
Genesis 1:27 | Mark 10:6 | . | . | Isaiah 6:9 | Luke 8:10 | ||
Genesis 2:2 | Hebrews 4:4 | 2 Samuel 7:8, 14 | 2 Corinthians 6:18 | Isaiah 6:9-10 | Matthew 13:14-15 | ||
Genesis 2:7 | 1 Corinthians 15:45 | 2 Samuel 7:14 | Hebrews 1:5b | Isaiah 6:9-10 | Mark 4:12 | ||
Genesis 2:24 | Matthew 19:5 | 2 Samuel 22:50 | Romans 15:9 | Isaiah 6:9-10 | Acts 28:26-27 | ||
Genesis 2:24 | Mark 10:7-8a | . | . | Isaiah 6:10 | John 12:40 | ||
Genesis 2:24 | 1 Corinthians 6:16 | 1 Kings 19:10, 14 | Romans 11:3 | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:23a | ||
Genesis 2:24 | Ephesians 5:31 | 1 Kings 19:18 | Romans 11:4 | Isaiah 8:8, 10 | Matthew 1:23b | ||
Genesis 5:2 | Matthew 19:4 | . | . | Isaiah 8:12 | 1 Peter 3:14 | ||
Genesis 5:2 | Mark 10:6 | Judith 11:19 | Matthew 9:36 | Isaiah 8:14 | Romans 9:33 | ||
Genesis 5:24 | Hebrews 11:5 | . | . | Isaiah 8:14 | 1 Peter 2:8 | ||
Genesis 12:1 | Acts 7:3 | Job 5:13 | 1 Corinthians 3:19 | Isaiah 8:17 | Hebrews 2:13a | ||
Genesis 12:3 | Galatians 3:8 | Job 41:11 | Romans 11:35 | Isaiah 8:18 | Hebrews 2:13b | ||
Genesis 12:3 | Revelation 1:7 | . | . | Isaiah 9:1-2 | Matthew 4:15-16 | ||
Genesis 12:7 | Galatians 3:16 | Psalm 2:1-2 | Acts 4:25-26 | Isaiah 10:22-23 | Romans 9:27-28 | ||
Genesis 14:17-20 | Hebrews 7:1-2 | Psalm 2:7 | Acts 13:33 | Isaiah 11:10 | Romans 15:12 | ||
Genesis 14:20 | Hebrews 7:4 | Psalm 2:7 | Hebrews 1:5a | Isaiah 14:13, 15 | Matthew 11:23a | ||
Genesis 15:5 | Romans 4:18b | Psalm 2:7 | Hebrews 5:5 | Isaiah 22:13 | 1 Corinthians 15:32 | ||
Genesis 15:6 | Romans 4:3 | Psalm 4:4 | Ephesians 4:26 | Isaiah 25:8 | 1 Corinthians 15:54 | ||
Genesis 15:6 | Romans 4:9 | Psalm 5:9 | Romans 3:13a | Isaiah 27:9 | Romans 11:27b | ||
Genesis 15:6 | Romans 4:22, 23 | Psalm 8:3 | Matthew 21:16 | Isaiah 28:11-12 | 1 Corinthians 14:21 | ||
Genesis 15:6 | Galatians 3:6 | Psalm 8:4-6 | Hebrews 2:6-8 | Isaiah 28:16 | Romans 9:33 | ||
Genesis 15:6 | James 2:23 | Psalm 8:6 | 1 Corinthians 15:27 | Isaiah 28:16 | Romans 10:11 | ||
Genesis 15:13-14 | Acts 7:6-7 | Psalm 10:7 | Romans 3:14 | Isaiah 28:16 | 1 Peter 2:6 | ||
Genesis 17:5 | Romans 4:17 | Psalm 14:1-3 | Romans 3:10-12 | Isaiah 29:10 | Romans 11:8a | ||
Genesis 17:5 | Romans 4:18a | Psalm 16:8-11 | Acts 2:25-28 | Isaiah 29:13 | Matthew 15:8-9 | ||
Genesis 17:8 | Acts 7:5 | Psalm 16:10 | Acts 2:31 | Isaiah 29:13 | Mark 7:6-7 | ||
Genesis 17:8 | Galatians 3:16 | Psalm 16:10 | Acts 13:35 | Isaiah 29:14 | 1 Corinthians 1:19 | ||
Genesis 18:10, 14 | Romans 9:9 | Psalm 18:49 | Romans 15:9 | Isaiah 40:3 | Matthew 3:3 | ||
Genesis 18:18 | Galatians 3:8 | Psalm 19:4 | Romans 10:18 | Isaiah 40:3 | Mark 1:3 | ||
Genesis 21:10 | Galatians 4:30 | Psalm 22:1 | Matthew 27:46 | Isaiah 40:3 | John 1:23 | ||
Genesis 21:12 | Romans 9:7 | Psalm 22:1 | Mark 15:34 | Isaiah 40:3-5 | Luke 3:4-6 | ||
Genesis 21:12 | Hebrews 11:18 | Psalm 22:18 | John 19:24 | Isaiah 40:6-8 | 1 Peter 1:24-25 | ||
Genesis 22:16-17 | Hebrews 6:13-14 | Psalm 22:22 | Hebrews 2:12 | Isaiah 40:13 | Romans 11:34 | ||
Genesis 22:18 | Acts 3:25 | Psalm 24:1 | 1 Corinthians 10:26 | Isaiah 40:13 | 1 Corinthians 2:16 | ||
Genesis 24:7 | Galatians 3:16 | Psalm 31:5 | Luke 23:46 | Isaiah 42:1-3 | Matthew 12:18-20 | ||
Genesis 25:23 | Romans 9:12 | Psalm 32:1-2 | Romans 4:7-8 | Isaiah 42:4 | Matthew 12:21 | ||
Genesis 26:4 | Acts 3:25 | Psalm 34:12-16 | 1 Peter 3:10-12 | Isaiah 43:20 | 1 Peter 2:9a | ||
Genesis 28:12 | John 1:51 | Psalm 35:19 | John 15:25 | Isaiah 43:21 | 1 Peter 2:9c | ||
Genesis 28:14 | Revelation 1:7 | Psalm 36:1 | Romans 3:18 | Isaiah 45:21 | Mark 12:32b | ||
Genesis 28:15 | Hebrews 13:5 | Psalm 40:6-8 | Hebrews 10:5-7 | Isaiah 45:23 | Romans 14:11b | ||
Genesis 38:8 | Matthew 22:24 | Psalm 41:9 | John 13:18 | Isaiah 45:23 | Philippians 2:10-11 | ||
Genesis 38:8 | Mark 12:19 | Psalm 44:22 | Romans 8:36 | Isaiah 49:6 | Acts 13:47 | ||
Genesis 47:31 | Hebrews 11:21 | Psalm 45:6-7 | Hebrews 1:8-9 | Isaiah 49:8 | 2 Corinthians 6:2 | ||
Genesis 48:4 | Acts 7:5 | Psalm 51:4 | Romans 3:4 | Isaiah 49:18 | Romans 14:11a | ||
. | . | Psalm 53:1-3 | Romans 3:10-12 | Isaiah 52:5 | Romans 2:24 | ||
Exodus 1:8 | Acts 7:18 | Psalm 68:18 | Ephesians 4:8 | Isaiah 52:7 | Romans 10:15 | ||
Exodus 2:14 | Acts 7:27-28 | Psalm 69:4 | John 15:25 | Isaiah 52:11 | 2 Corinthians 6:17a | ||
Exodus 2:14 | Acts 7:35 | Psalm 69:9 | John 2:17 | Isaiah 52:15 | Romans 15:21 | ||
Exodus 3:2 | Acts 7:30 | Psalm 69:9 | Romans 15:3 | Isaiah 53:1 | John 12:38 | ||
Exodus 3:5 | Acts 7:33 | Psalm 69:22-23 | Romans 11:9-10 | Isaiah 53:1 | Romans 10:16 | ||
Exodus 3:6 | Luke 20:37 | Psalm 69:25 | Acts 1:20a | Isaiah 53:4 | Matthew 8:17 | ||
Exodus 3:6 | Acts 7:32 | Psalm 78:2 | Matthew 13:35 | Isaiah 53:7-8 | Acts 8:32-33 | ||
Exodus 3:6, 15 | Matthew 22:32 | Psalm 78:24 | John 6:31 | Isaiah 53:9 | 1 Peter 2:22 | ||
Exodus 3:6, 15 | Mark 12:26 | Psalm 82:6 | John 10:34 | Isaiah 53:12 | Luke 22:37 | ||
Exodus 3:6, 15 | Acts 3:13 | Psalm 89:20 | Acts 13:22a | Isaiah 54:1 | Galatians 4:27 | ||
Exodus 3:7a, 8a, 10a | Acts 7:34 | Psalm 91:11-12 | Matthew 4:6 | Isaiah 54:13 | John 6:45 | ||
Exodus 3:12 | Acts 7:7 | Psalm 91:11-12 | Luke 4:10-11 | Isaiah 55:3 | Acts 13:34 | ||
Exodus 9:16 | Romans 9:17 | Psalm 94:11 | 1 Corinthians 3:20 | Isaiah 56:7 | Matthew 21:13 | ||
Exodus 12:46 | John 19:36 | Psalm 95:7-11 | Hebrews 3:7-11 | Isaiah 56:7 | Mark 11:17 | ||
Exodus 13:2, 12, 15 | Luke 2:23 | Psalm 95:7-8 | Hebrews 3:15 | Isaiah 56:7 | Luke 19:46 | ||
Exodus 16:18 | 2 Corinthians 8:15 | Psalm 95:7-8 | Hebrews 4:7 | Isaiah 58:6 | Luke 4:18 | ||
Exodus 19:6 | 1 Peter 2:9b | Psalm 95:11 | Hebrews 4:3,5 | Isaiah 59:7-8 | Romans 3:15-17 | ||
Exodus 19:12-13 | Hebrews 12:20 | Psalm 102:25-27 | Hebrews 1:10-12 | Isaiah 59:20-21 | Romans 11:26-27a | ||
Exodus 20:12 | Matthew 15:4a | Psalm 104:4 | Hebrews 1:7 | Isaiah 61:1-2 | Luke 4:18-19 | ||
Exodus 20:12 | Mark 7:10a | Psalm 109:8 | Acts 1:20b | Isaiah 62:11 | Matthew 21:5 | ||
Exodus 20:12 | Ephesians 6:2-3 | Psalm 110:1 | Matthew 22:44 | Isaiah 64:4 | 1 Corinthians 2:9 | ||
Exodus 20:12-16 | Matthew 19:18-19 | Psalm 110:1 | Matthew 26:64a | Isaiah 65:1 | Romans 10:20 | ||
Exodus 20:12-16 | Mark 10:19 | Psalm 110:1 | Mark 12:36 | Isaiah 65:2 | Romans 10:21 | ||
Exodus 20:12-16 | Luke 18:20 | Psalm 110:1 | Mark 14:62a | Isaiah 66:1-2 | Acts 7:49-50 | ||
Exodus 20:13 | Matthew 5:21 | Psalm 110:1 | Luke 20:42-43 | . | . | ||
Exodus 20:13, 14 | James 2:11 | Psalm 110:1 | Luke 22:69 | Jeremiah 9:24 | 1 Corinthians 1:31 | ||
Exodus 20:13-15, 17 | Romans 13:9a | Psalm 110:1 | Acts 2:34-35 | Jeremiah 9:24 | 2 Corinthians 10:17 | ||
Exodus 20:14 | Matthew 5:27 | Psalm 110:1 | Hebrews 1:13 | Jeremiah 31:15 | Matthew 2:18 | ||
Exodus 20:17 | Romans 7:7 | Psalm 110:4 | Hebrews 5:6 | Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Hebrews 8:8-12 | ||
Exodus 21:17 | Matthew 15:4b | Psalm 110:4 | Hebrews 7:17,21 | Jeremiah 31:33-34 | Hebrews 10:16-17 | ||
Exodus 21:17 | Mark 7:10b | Psalm 112:9 | 2 Corinthians 9:9 | . | . | ||
Exodus 21:24 | Matthew 5:38 | Psalm 116:10 | 2 Corinthians 4:13 | Ezekiel 20:34 | 2 Corinthians 6:17b | ||
Exodus 22:28 | Acts 23:5 | Psalm 117:1 | Romans 15:11 | Ezekiel 37:27 | 2 Corinthians 6:16 | ||
Exodus 24:8 | Hebrews 9:20 | Psalm 118:6 | Hebrews 13:6 | . | . | ||
Exodus 25:40 | Hebrews 8:5 | Psalm 118:22 | Luke 20:17 | Daniel 3:6 | Matthew 13:42, 50 | ||
Exodus 32:1 | Acts 7:40 | Psalm 118:22 | Acts 4:11 | Daniel 7:13-14 | Matthew 24:30 | ||
Exodus 32:6 | 1 Corinthians 10:7 | Psalm 118:22 | 1 Peter 2:7 | Daniel 7:13 | Matthew 26:64b | ||
Exodus 32:23 | Acts 7:40 | Psalm 118:22-23 | Matthew 21:42 | Daniel 7:13-14 | Mark 13:26 | ||
Exodus 33:19 | Romans 9:15 | Psalm 118:22-23 | Mark 12:10-11 | Daniel 7:13 | Mark 14:62b | ||
. | . | Psalm 118:25-26 | Matthew 21:9 | Daniel 7:13-14 | Luke 21:27 | ||
Leviticus 12:8 | Luke 2:24 | Psalm 118:25-26 | Mark 11:9-10 | Daniel 7:13 | Revelation 1:7 | ||
Leviticus 18:5 | Romans 10:5 | Psalm 118:25-26 | John 12:13 | Daniel 9:27; 11:31 | Matthew 24:15 | ||
Leviticus 18:5 | Galatians 3:12 | Psalm 118:26 | Matthew 23:39 | Daniel 9:27; 11:31 | Mark 13:14 | ||
Leviticus 19:2 | 1 Peter 1:16 | Psalm 118:26 | Luke 13:35 | . | . | ||
Leviticus 19:12 | Matthew 5:33 | Psalm 118:26 | Luke 19:38 | Hosea 1:6, 9 | 1 Peter 2:10 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | Matthew 5:43 | Psalm 132:11 | Acts 2:30 | Hosea 1:10 Vlg; 2:1 LXX | Romans 9:26, 27 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | Matthew 19:19 | Psalm 140:3 | Romans 3:13b | Hosea 2:23 Vlg; 2:25 LXX | Romans 9:25 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | Matthew 22:39 | . | . | Hosea 2:23 Vlg; 2:25 LXX | 1 Peter 2:10 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | Mark 12:31 | Proverbs 3:11-12 | Hebrews 12:5-6 | Hosea 6:6 | Matthew 9:13 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | Mark 12:33b | Proverbs 3:34 | James 4:6 | Hosea 6:6 | Matthew 12:7 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | Luke 10:27b | Proverbs 3:34 | 1 Peter 5:5 | Hosea 10:8 | Luke 23:30 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | Romans 13:9b | Proverbs 11:31 | 1 Peter 4:18 | Hosea 11:1 | Matthew 2:15 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | Galatians 5:14 | Proverbs 25:21-22 | Romans 12:20 | Hosea 13:14 | 1 Corinthians 15:55 | ||
Leviticus 19:18 | James 2:8 | Proverbs 26:11 | 2 Peter 2:22 | . | . | ||
Leviticus 23:29 | Acts 3:23b | . | . | Joel 2:28-32 Vlg; 3:1-5 LXX | Acts 2:17-21 | ||
Leviticus 24:20 | Matthew 5:38 | Sirach 4:1 | Mark 10:19 | Joel 2:32 Vlg; 3:5 LXX | Romans 10:13 | ||
Leviticus 26:12 | 2 Corinthians 6:16 | Sirach 17:26 | 2 Timothy 2:19 | . | . | ||
. | . | . | . | Amos 3:13 | Rev 4:8; 15:3 | ||
Numbers 9:12 | John 19:36 | . | . | Amos 4:13 | Rev 15:3 | ||
Numbers 16:5 | 2 Timothy 2:19 | . | . | Amos 5:25-27 | Acts 7:42-43 | ||
Numbers 30:3 | Matthew 5:33 | . | . | Amos 9:11-12 | Acts 15:16-17 | ||
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Deuteronomy 4:35 | Mark 12:32b | . | . | Jonah 1:17 Vlg; 2:1 LXX | Matthew 12:40 | ||
Deuteronomy 5:16 | Matthew 15:4a | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 5:16 | Mark 7:10a | . | . | Micah 5:2 Vlg; 3:1,3 LXX | Matthew 2:6 | ||
Deuteronomy 5:16 | Ephesians 6:2-3 | . | . | Micah 7:6 | Matthew 10:35-36 | ||
Deuteronomy 5:16-20 | Matthew 19:18-19 | . | . | Micah 7:6 | Luke 12:53 | ||
Deuteronomy 5:16-20 | Mark 10:19 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 5:16-20 | Luke 18:20 | . | . | Nahum 1:15 Vlg; 2:1 LXX | Romans 10:15 | ||
Deuteronomy 5:17 | Matthew 5:21 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 5:17, 18 | James 2:11 | . | . | Habakkuk 1:5 | Acts 13:41 | ||
Deuteronomy 5:17-19, 21 | Romans 13:9a | . | . | Habakkuk 2:3-4 | Hebrews 10:37-38 | ||
Deuteronomy 5:18 | Matthew 5:27 | . | . | Habakkuk 2:4 | Romans 1:17 | ||
Deuteronomy 5:21 | Romans 7:7 | . | . | Habakkuk 2:4 | Galatians 3:11 | ||
Deuteronomy 6:4 | Mark 12:32a | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 | Mark 12:29-30 | . | . | Zephaniah 3:13 | Revelation 14:5 | ||
Deuteronomy 6:5 | Matthew 22:37 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 6:5 | Mark 12:33a | . | . | Haggai 2:6, 21 | Hebrews 12:26 | ||
Deuteronomy 6:5 | Luke 10:27a | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 6:13 | Matthew 4:10 | . | . | Zechariah 3:2 | Jude 9 | ||
Deuteronomy 6:13 | Luke 4:8 | . | . | Zechariah 8:16 | Ephesians 4:25 | ||
Deuteronomy 6:16 | Matthew 4:7 | . | . | Zechariah 9:9 | Matthew 21:5 | ||
Deuteronomy 6:16 | Luke 4:12 | . | . | Zechariah 9:9 | John 12:15 | ||
Deuteronomy 8:3 | Matthew 4:4 | . | . | Zechariah 11:12-13 | Matthew 27:9-10 | ||
Deuteronomy 8:3 | Luke 4:4 | . | . | Zechariah 12:10 | John 19:37 | ||
Deuteronomy 9:4 | Romans 10:6 | . | . | Zechariah 12:10 | Revelation 1:7 | ||
Deuteronomy 9:19 | Hebrews 12:21 | . | . | Zechariah 13:7 | Matthew 26:31 | ||
Deuteronomy 17:7 | 1 Corinthians 5:13 | . | . | Zechariah 13:7 | Mark 14:27 | ||
Deuteronomy 18:15 | Acts 7:37 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 18:15-16 | Acts 3:22 | . | . | Malachi 1:2-3 | Romans 9:13 | ||
Deuteronomy 18:19 | Acts 3:23a | . | . | Malachi 3:1 | Matthew 11:10 | ||
Deuteronomy 19:15 | Matthew 18:16 | . | . | Malachi 3:1 | Mark 1:2 | ||
Deuteronomy 19:15 | 2 Corinthians 13:1 | . | . | Malachi 3:1 | Luke 7:27 | ||
Deuteronomy 19:21 | Matthew 5:38 | . | . | Malachi 3:23 | Mark 9:11 | ||
Deuteronomy 21:23 | Galatians 3:13 | . | . | Malachi 3:23-24 | Matthew 17:10-11 | ||
Deuteronomy 24:1, 3 | Matthew 5:31 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 24:1, 3 | Matthew 19:7 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 24:1, 3 | Mark 10:4 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 25:4 | 1 Corinthians 9:9 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 25:4 | 1 Timothy 5:18 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 25:5 | Matthew 22:24 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 25:5 | Mark 12:19 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 25:5 | Luke 20:28 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 27:26 | Galatians 3:10 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 29:4 | Romans 11:8b | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 30:12-14 | Romans 10:6-8 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 31:6, 8 | Hebrews 13:5 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 32:21 | Romans 10:19 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 32:35 | Romans 12:19 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 32:35-36 | Hebrews 10:30 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 32:43 | Romans 15:10 | . | . | . | . | ||
Deuteronomy 32:43 | Hebrews 1:6 | . | . | . | . |
See also the same material arranged in New Testament Canonical Order.
Summary Table: Frequency of OT Quotations and Allusions in the NT:
Books | # Quotes | . | Books | # Quotes | . | Books | # Quotes | . | Books | # Quotes |
Psalms | 79 | . | Hosea | 9 | . | Numbers | 3 | . | Joel | 2 |
Isaiah | 68 | Zechariah | 9 | 2 Samuel | 3 | 1 Samuel | 1 | |||
Deuteronomy | 50 | Proverbs | 6 | Micah | 3 | Judith | 1 | |||
Genesis | 45 | Malachi | 6 | 1 Kings | 2 | Jonah | 1 | |||
Exodus | 39 | Jeremiah | 5 | Job | 2 | Nahum | 1 | |||
Leviticus | 17 | Amos | 5 | Sirach | 2 | Zephaniah | 1 | |||
Daniel | 9 | Habakkuk | 4 | Ezekiel | 2 | Haggai | 1 |
NOTE: There are no direct quotes or close paraphrases of passages from the following Old Testament books anywhere in the New Testament:
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Esther, 1 & 2 Maccabees, Ecclesiastes/Qoheleth, Song of Songs, Wisdom, Lamentations, Baruch, Obadiah.
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