15 Bible Verses about Building God's Dwelling

the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent."

Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."

who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in?

"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.

Then David said, "Here shall be the house of the LORD God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.'

But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.

if they repent with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,

Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,