Genesis 28:17

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Summary

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

He was

The house

1 Peter 4:17

Bible References

He was

Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God."

When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.

Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,

The house

then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."

God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."

so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.

Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

and having a great priest over the house of God,

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don't obey the Good News of God?