15 Bible Verses about Building God's Dwelling

That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains.

Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to dwell in:

Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the 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; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

But Solomon built him a house.

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

Arise, O LORD, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength.

And so return unto you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto you toward their land, which you gave unto their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:

Yet the most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet,

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;