Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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?
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Bible References
But will
2 Chronicles 6:18
"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!]
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says Yahweh: "Heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] the footstool for my feet. Where [is] this house that you would build for me? And where [is] this resting place for me?
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Acts 7:48
But the Most High does not live in [houses] made by human hands, just as the prophet says,
Acts 17:24
the God who made the world and all the things in it. This one, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement [does the] temple of God [have] with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk about [among them], and I will be their God and they will be my people."
1 John 3:1
See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
General references
Psalm 33:14
From his dwelling place he gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth,