Acts 17:24

American Standard Version (1901)

The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: [
  • Acts 7:48 : 48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
  • Acts 4:24 : 24 And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.
  • John 4:22-23 : 22 Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
  • Matt 5:34 : 34 but I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God;
  • Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 [A Psalm of David]. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
  • Ps 148:13 : 13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
  • Isa 40:12 : 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
  • Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
  • 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest [above] the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
  • Gen 14:19 : 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
  • John 1:1 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
  • Acts 17:26-28 : 26 and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us: 28 for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
  • Heb 3:4 : 4 For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.

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    25neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

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    27that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:

    28for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

    29Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.

    30The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

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    47But Solomon built him a house.

    48Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,

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    50Did not my hand make all these things?

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    22And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious.

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    27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

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    4For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.

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    16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

    17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

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    18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

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    26For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens.

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    15and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

    16who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.

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    24And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

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    4Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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    11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

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    3But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

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    1For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

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    16O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own.

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    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

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    18Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

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    26for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

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    24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

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    14Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

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    26And ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands:

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    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

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    25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

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    21And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

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    16The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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    19Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

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    6But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?