13 Bible Verses about Building God's Dwelling

The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.

Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

But Solomon was the builder of his house.

He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:

But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;