1 Kings 8:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

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  • Isa 66:1 : 1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.
  • Ps 139:7-9 : 7 Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you? 8 If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea; 10 Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me. 11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night; 12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you. 13 My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body. 14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious. 15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.
  • Acts 7:48-49 : 48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says, 49 Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?
  • Acts 17:24 : 24 The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
  • 2 Cor 12:2 : 2 I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 The Lord your God is ruler of heaven, of the heaven of heavens, and of the earth with everything in it.
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:
  • Ps 113:4 : 4 The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 6:17-19
    3 verses
    95%

    17So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

    18But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

    19Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

    6But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    81%

    27For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26
    81%

    26So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

  • Acts 7:47-49
    3 verses
    79%

    47But Solomon was the builder of his house.

    48But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

    49Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

  • 1 Kgs 8:28-29
    2 verses
    79%

    28Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;

    29That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    78%

    25For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

    6For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

    7In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    78%

    13So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    77%

    2So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
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    77%

    4Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

    5For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

    6In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • Isa 66:1
    77%

    1The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    77%

    8And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    77%

    5And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 1 Kgs 8:42-43
    2 verses
    77%

    42(For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

    43Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-20
    4 verses
    76%

    17Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    18But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;

    19But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

    20And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    76%

    3And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

  • 2 Chr 6:33
    76%

    33Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.

  • Ps 26:8
    75%

    8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

  • 1 Chr 22:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

    8But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    75%

    16For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    8But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    75%

    16Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    75%

    16O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

  • 2 Sam 7:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

    19And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    74%

    9To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    74%

    10And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

  • Acts 17:24
    74%

    24The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;

  • Hag 1:8
    74%

    8Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    74%

    1Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    74%

    12He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 1 Chr 22:11
    73%

    11Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.