22 Bible Verses about God's Dwelling

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1 Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

Psalm 132:5

Until I find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Exodus 15:17

“You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,
The place, O Lord, which You have made for Your dwelling,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

1 Kings 8:13

“I have surely built You a lofty house,
A place for Your dwelling forever.”

Psalm 26:8

O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your glory dwells.

Psalm 84:1

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
How lovely are Your dwelling places,
O Lord of hosts!

Psalm 68:16

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?
Surely the Lord will dwell there forever.

Isaiah 56:7

Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

1 Kings 8:12

Then Solomon said,
“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

Haggai 1:9

“You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of hosts, “Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house.

Zechariah 2:13

“Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is aroused from His holy habitation.”

Acts 7:49

Heaven is My throne,
And earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
Or what place is there for My repose?

Hebrews 3:2

He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.

Hebrews 10:21

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

2 Chronicles 6:18

“But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.

2 Chronicles 2:6

But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn incense before Him?

1 Chronicles 23:25

For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.

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2 Samuel 7:2

that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”

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