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!

Jeremiah 23:24

“Can a man hide himself in hiding places
So I do not see him?” declares the Lord.
“Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

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?

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord,
“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

Psalm 139:7-16

Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

Acts 7:48-49

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.

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.

Psalm 113:4

The Lord is high above all nations;
His glory is above the heavens.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I will dwell in them and walk among them;
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

1 John 3:1

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

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Summary

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

But will

1 John 3:1

General references

Psalm 33:14

Bible References

But will

“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.

Thus says the Lord,
“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

And the Word became flesh, and

dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I will

dwell in them and

walk among them;

And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

See

how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

General references

From His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,