2 Chronicles 6:18

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2 Chronicles 6:18

But will God indeed live on earth with man?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.

2 Chronicles 2:6

But who is able to build a temple for Him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain Him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for Him except as a place to burn incense before Him?

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says:

Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home?

Psalm 113:5-6

Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,

Exodus 29:45-46

I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed live on earth?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.

2 Chronicles 32:15

So now, don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, and don’t let him mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my power or the power of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my power!’”

Job 4:19

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!

Job 9:14

How then can I answer Him
or choose my arguments against Him?

Job 25:4-6

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

Psalm 68:18

You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.

Psalm 139:7-10

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?

Isaiah 57:15

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”—the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”—the Lord’s declaration.

Matthew 7:11

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Acts 7:48-49

However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:

Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and everything in it—He is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in shrines made by hands.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven 14 years ago. Whether he was in the body or out of the body, I don’t know, God knows.

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Summary

2 Chronicles 6:18

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

But will

Heaven

How much

Matthew 7:11

General references

Matthew 12:6

Bible References

But will

I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

But will God indeed live on earth?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.

You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.

Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,

This is what the Lord says:

Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home?

However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:

The God who made the world and everything in it—He is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in shrines made by hands.

Heaven

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?

Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”—the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”—the Lord’s declaration.

I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven 14 years ago. Whether he was in the body or out of the body, I don’t know, God knows.

How much

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!

How then can I answer Him
or choose my arguments against Him?

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

General references

But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here!