22 Bible Verses about God's Dwelling

For will God really dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens could not contain you! {How could} this house that I have built?

until I find a place for Yahweh, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."

You brought them and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance, a place you made for yourself to inhabit, Yahweh, a sanctuary, Lord, [that] your hands established.

I have certainly built a lofty house for you, a place for you to live forever."

In your loyal love you led [the] people whom you redeemed; in your strength you guided [them] to the abode of your holiness.

O Yahweh, I love [the] dwelling of your house, and {the place where your glory abides}.

How lovely [are] your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts!

Why do you look with hostility, O many-peaked mountains? This mountain God desires for his dwelling. Yes, Yahweh will abide [in it] forever.

I will bring them to {my holy mountain}; I will make them merry in my house of prayer. their burnt offerings and their sacrifices {will be accepted} on my altar, for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples,"

Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that [he] would dwell in the very thick cloud.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; draw near to listen [rather] than to offer a sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

'You have looked for much, and look! [It came] to little; and [when] you brought [it] home, I blew it [away]. Why?' {declares} Yahweh of hosts. 'Because my house [is] desolate and you [are] running each to your own house!

Be silent, {all people}, before Yahweh, for he is roused from {his holy dwelling}."

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.

'Heaven [is] my throne and earth [is] the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what [is the] place of my rest?

who was faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses also [was] in his household.

but Christ [was faithful] as a son over his house, whose house we are, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of.

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

"But will God indeed dwell with humankind upon the earth? Look, the heavens and {the highest heavens} cannot contain you! Surely then this house that I have built [will not contain you!]

Now who indeed has adequate strength to build a house for him? For the heavens and {the highest heavens} are not able to contain him. Now who [am] I that I would build a house for him, except to burn incense before him?

For David said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.