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 anyone hide himself in secret places
So that I cannot see him?” says the Lord.
“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.
2 Chronicles 2:6
But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens and [even] the highest heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I to build a house for Him, except [as a place] to burn incense before Him?
Isaiah 66:1
This is what the Lord says,
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?
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 [the One infinitely exalted above humanity] does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet [Isaiah] says,
Acts 17:24
The God who created the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, the heavens and the highest of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth and all that is in it.
2 Chronicles 6:18
“But will God actually 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,
And His glory above the heavens.
John 1:14
And the Word (Christ) became flesh, and lived among us; and we [actually] saw His glory, glory as belongs to the [One and] only begotten Son of the Father, [the Son who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, who is] full of grace and truth (absolutely free of deception).
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said:
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
2 Corinthians 12:2
I know a
1 John 3:1
See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
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But will
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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From His dwelling place He looks closely
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth—