OT Quotations in NT

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.