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 men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says Yahweh, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
John 1:14
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Acts 7:48
However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
1 John 3:1
Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
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Psalm 33:14
From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,