Acts 7:48

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

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!

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.

2 Chronicles 2:5-6

The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

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 7:17

I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness
And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 91:9

For you have made the Lord, my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place.

Psalm 92:8

But You, O Lord, are on high forever.

Isaiah 66:1-2

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?

Daniel 4:17

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”

Daniel 4:24-25

this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:

Daniel 4:34

“But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever;
For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

Hosea 7:16

They turn, but not upward,
They are like a deceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Acts 17:24-25

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;

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Summary

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

General references

Bible References

The most high

Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.
Psalm 7:17
I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness
And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
Psalm 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Psalm 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 92:8
But You, O Lord, are on high forever.
Daniel 4:17
“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”
Hosea 7:16
They turn, but not upward,
They are like a deceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Dwelleth

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;
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!
2 Chronicles 2:5
The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.
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.

As

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?

General references

1 Kings 6:14
So Solomon built the house and finished it.
Mark 14:58
“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”