Acts 17:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 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!
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
  • Acts 7:48 : 48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,
  • 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.
  • Acts 4:24 : 24 And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:
  • 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?
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
  • 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.
  • 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:
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.
  • John 4:22-23 : 22 You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews. 23 But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:
  • Matt 5:34 : 34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;
  • Isa 45:18 : 18 For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
  • Ps 148:13 : 13 Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.
  • Isa 40:12 : 12 In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?
  • Isa 40:28 : 28 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.
  • 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
  • Gen 14:19 : 19 And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
  • John 1:1 : 1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
  • 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.
  • Acts 17:26-28 : 26 And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands, 27 So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us: 28 For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
  • Heb 3:4 : 4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.

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    25 And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

    26 And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

    27 So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

    28 For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

    29 If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

    30 Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

  • Acts 7:47-50
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    47 But Solomon was the builder of his house.

    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?

    50 Did not my hand make all these things?

  • Acts 17:22-23
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    22 And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

    23 For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
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    27 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!

  • Heb 3:4
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    4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.

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    16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

    17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

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    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:

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    26 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

  • Acts 14:15-16
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    15 Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

    16 Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.

  • Ps 24:1
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    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

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    5 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

  • Isa 66:1
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    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?

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    24 And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:

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    4 So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

    5 For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

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    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.

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    11 This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.

    12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

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    19 Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

    20 For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

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    3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

    4 Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

  • 2 Cor 5:1
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    1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

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    16 O 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.

  • Heb 1:10
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    10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

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    18 Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.

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    26 For the earth is the Lord's and all things in it.

  • Isa 37:16
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    16 O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

  • Ps 146:6
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    6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

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    24 God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

  • Deut 10:14
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    14 The Lord your God is ruler of heaven, of the heaven of heavens, and of the earth with everything in it.

  • Acts 19:26
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    26 And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

  • Rom 1:23
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    23 And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

  • Ps 102:25
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    25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Matt 23:21
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    21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.

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    15 The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

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    16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

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    19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

  • 2 Chr 2:6
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    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.