15 Bible Verses about Building God's Dwelling

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

And it happened as David sat in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is under curtains.

until I find out a place for Jehovah, a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.

who found favor with God and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

Go and tell My servant David, So says Jehovah, Shall you build Me a house for My dwelling?

Go and tell David My servant, So says Jehovah, You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.

Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah 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 Jehovah, into Your rest; You, and the ark of Your strength.

and so return to You with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and if they pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, to the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name,

But, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

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,