22 Bible Verses about God's Dwelling

But will God indeed live on earth?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.

until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

You will bring them in and plant them
on the mountain of Your possession;
Lord, You have prepared the place
for Your dwelling;
Lord, Your hands have established the sanctuary.

I have indeed built an exalted temple for You,
a place for Your dwelling forever.

You will lead the people
You have redeemed
with Your faithful love;
You will guide them to Your holy dwelling
with Your strength.

Lord, I love the house where You dwell,
the place where Your glory resides.

For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.How lovely is Your dwelling place,
Lord of Hosts.

Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain God desired for His dwelling?
The Lord will live there forever!

I will bring them to My holy mountain
and let them rejoice in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be acceptable on My altar,
for My house will be called a house of prayer
for all nations.”

Then Solomon said:

The Lord said that He would dwell in thick darkness.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. “Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Let all people be silent before the Lord, for He is coming from His holy dwelling.”

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you.

Heaven is My throne,
and earth My footstool.
What sort of house will you build for Me?
says the Lord,
or what is My resting place?

He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all God’s household.

But Christ was faithful as a Son over His household. And we are that household if we hold on to the courage and the confidence of our hope.

and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

But will God indeed live on earth with man?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.

But who is able to build a temple for Him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain Him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for Him except as a place to burn incense before Him?

For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He has come to stay in Jerusalem forever.