17 Bible Verses about House Of God

This tent our forefathers brought in and passed on when under Joshua they dispossessed the nations which God drove out before them, and it remained until the time of David. He found favor with God and begged to design a dwelling for the God of Jacob, but it was Solomon who came to build a house for Him.

and said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house must be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."

And He continued teaching them and saying, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a cave for robbers."

and He said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."

Are you not conscious that you are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God has His permanent home in you?

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba," that is, "Father."

But the Most High does not live in buildings built by human hands. As the prophet says:

The God who made the world and all that it contains, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by human hands,

Or, are you not conscious that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit that is in you, whom you have as a gift from God? Furthermore, you are not your own,

and put His seal upon us, and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a first installment of future rewards.

And what agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people."

and that Christ in His love, through your faith, may make His permanent home in your hearts. You must be deeply rooted, your foundations must be strong,

but Christ as a Son set over the house of God was faithful; and we are that house, if we keep up our courage and the joy that hope inspires to the very end.

So you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of His family; for you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself the cornerstone. In union with Him the whole building is harmoniously fitted together and continues to grow into a temple, sacred through its union with the Lord,read more.
and you yourselves, in union with Him, in fellowship with one another, are being built up into a dwelling for God through the Spirit.

Keep on coming to Him, as to a living stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious in His sight, and keep on building yourselves up, as living stones, into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, to offer up, through Jesus Christ, spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God.