Acts 7:49

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Heauen is my seate, and earth is my footstoole. What house wyll ye buylde for me, saith the Lord? Or which is the place of my rest?

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  • Ps 11:4 : 4 But God is in his holy temple, Gods throne is in heauen: his eyes looke downe, his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde: Heauen is my seate, and the earth is my footstoole: Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me? And where shalbe the place that I wyll dwell in?
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 May any man hide him selfe so, that I shall not see hym saith the Lorde? do not I fulfill heauen and earth saith the Lorde?
  • Matt 5:34-35 : 34 But, I say vnto you: Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is gods seate, 35 Nor by the earth, for it is his footestoole, neither by Hierusalem, for it is the citie of the great kyng.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and haue sitten with my father in his throne.
  • 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he sayd againe: Heare thou therefore the word of the Lorde. I sawe the Lord sit on his seate, and all the hoast of heauen stoode about him on his right hande and on his left.
  • Matt 23:22 : 22 And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by hym that sitteth theron.
  • Matt 24:2 : 2 Iesus sayde vnto them: See ye not all these thynges? Ueryly I say vnto you there shall not be here left one stone vpon another, that shall not be destroyed.
  • John 4:21 : 21 Iesus sayth vnto her: woman beleue me, the houre commeth, when ye shall neither in this mountayne, nor yet at Hierusalem, worshippe the father.
  • Mal 1:11 : 11 From the rysing of the sunne vnto the going downe of the same my name is great among the gentiles, and in euery place incense shalbe offred to my name, & a pure offering: for my name is great among the very heathen, saith the Lord of hoastes.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Trust not in false lying words, saying: Here is the temple of the Lord, here is the temple of the Lord, here is the temple of the Lorde: 5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels, and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour, 6 Oppresse not the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the widowe, shed not innocent blood in this place, cleaue not to straunge gods to your owne destruction: 7 Then wyll I let you dwell in this place, yea in the land that I gaue afore tyme to your fathers for euer. 8 But take heede, ye trust in lying tales, that beguile you and do you no good. 9 For when ye haue stollen, murthered, committed adultrie and periurie, when ye haue offered vnto Baal, folowing straunge and vnknowen gods: shall ye be vnpunished? 10 Yet then come ye and stande before me in this house (whiche hath my name geuen vnto it) and say, tushe, we are absolued quite, though we haue done all these abhominations. 11 What, thinke you this house that beareth my name, is a denne of thieues? And yet I see what you thinke, saith the Lorde.

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  • Isa 66:1
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    1Thus saith the Lorde: Heauen is my seate, and the earth is my footstoole: Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me? And where shalbe the place that I wyll dwell in?

  • Acts 7:47-48
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    86%

    47But Solomon buylt hym an house.

    48Howebeit, he that is hyest of al, dwelleth not in teples made with handes, as sayth the prophete:

  • Acts 7:50
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    50Hath not my hande made all these thynges?

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
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    27Wyll God in deede dwell on the earth? Beholde, the heauens and heauens of all heauens are not able to contayne thee: and how should then this house do it that I haue builded?

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    77%

    18(And wil God in verie deede dwel with men on earth? Beholde, heauen and heauen aboue all heauens do not contayne thee, howe much lesse the house which I haue buylded?)

  • Acts 17:24
    76%

    24God that made the worlde, & all that are in it, seing that he is Lorde of heaue and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with handes:

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
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    5Go, and tell my seruaunt Dauid, thus sayeth the Lorde: shalt thou buylde me an house to dwell in?

    6For I haue not dwelt in any house, sence the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, vnto this day: but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.

    7In al the places wherin I haue walked with all the childre of Israel, spake I one worde with any of ye tribes of Israel, when I commaunded the iudges to feede my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of Cedar trees?

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    75%

    5And the house which I buylde shalbe great: for great is our God aboue all gods.

    6But who is able to buylde him an house? when that heauen and heauen aboue all heauens is not able to receaue him, what am I then that should buyld him an house? nay, but euen to burne sacrifice before him shall this buylding be.

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
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    4Go and tell Dauid my seruaunt, thus sayth the Lorde, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in:

    5For I haue dwelt in no house sence the day that I brought out the children of Israel, vnto this day: but haue gone from tent to tent, and from one habitation to an other.

    6And whersoeuer I haue walked with all Israel, spake I euer one worde to any of the iudges of Israel, whom I commaunded to feede my people, saying, Why haue ye not buylt me an house of Cedar tree?

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    73%

    12He shall buylde me an house, and I wil stablishe his seate for euer.

  • Ezek 43:7
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    7And he sayd vnto me: O thou sonne of man, this roome is my seate, & the place of my foote steppes, wheras I wil dwel among the children of Israel for euermore: so that the house of Israel shal no more defile my holy name, neither they nor their kinges thorowe their whordome, and thorowe the dead bodies of their kinges in their hye places.

  • Matt 5:35
    72%

    35Nor by the earth, for it is his footestoole, neither by Hierusalem, for it is the citie of the great kyng.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
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    13He shall buyld house an for my name, & I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer.

  • Ps 89:11
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    11The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the rounde worlde, and of all the plentie that is therin.

  • Ps 132:14
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    14This is sayeth he my rest for euer: heare I wyll dwell, for I haue a desire to it.

  • Hag 1:8
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    8Get you vp to the mountayne, and fetche wood, and buyld this house, & I wil take pleasure in it, and I wilbe glorified, sayth the Lorde.

  • Isa 37:16
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    16O Lorde of hoastes, thou God of Israel, which dwellest vpon Cherubim, thou art the God that only is God of all the kingdomes of the world, for thou only hast created heauen and earth.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
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    2And I haue buylt thee an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    5And beholde, I am determined to build an house vnto ye name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying: Thy sonne whom I wil set vpon thy seate for thee, he shal build an house vnto my name.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
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    2And king Dauid stoode vp vpon his feete, and sayde: Heare me my brethren and my people, I had in myne heart to builde an house of rest, for the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and for the footestoole of our God, and had made redie for the building

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
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    13I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abyde in for euer.

  • Ps 78:69
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    69And there he buylded his temple on high: and layde the foundation of it like a grounde euer to continue.

  • Isa 40:22
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    22It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the world, whose inhabiters are in comparison of him but as grashoppers: he spreadeth out the heauens as a couering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in.

  • Amos 9:6
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    6He buyldeth his spheres in the heauen, & hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes on the earth: he calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name.

  • Ps 110:1
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    1A psalme of Dauid. God sayd vnto my Lorde: sit thou on my right hande, vntyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27For thou, O Lorde of hoastes, God of Israel, hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt, saying, I wyll buylde thee an house: And therefore hath thy seruaunt founde in his heart to pray this prayer vnto thee.

  • Heb 1:13
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    13But vnto which of ye Angels sayde he at any tyme: Sitte on my right hande, tyll I make thyne enemies thy foote stoole?

  • Matt 22:44
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    44The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde: sit thou on my ryght hande, tyll I make thyne enemyes thy footestoole?

  • 2 Chr 7:16
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    16And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for euer: and myne eyes and myne heart shalbe there perpetually.

  • Acts 2:34-35
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    70%

    34For Dauid is not ascended into heaue, but he sayeth: The Lorde sayde to my Lorde, syt thou on my ryght,

    35Untill I make thy foes thy footstoole.

  • Jer 17:12
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    12But thou (O Lorde) whose throne is most glorious, excellent, and of most antiquitie, which dwellest in the place of our holy rest:

  • Ps 68:16
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    16Why skyp you so the high hylles? this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell, yea God wyll abyde in it for euer.

  • Ps 132:7
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    7We wyll go into his tabernacle: and fall downe on our knees before his footestoole.

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    8O God, I haue loued the habitation of thine house: and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
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    3Thou knowest howe that Dauid my father could not buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde his God for the warres which were about him on euery syde, vntill the Lorde put them vnder the soles of his feete.

  • 2 Chr 7:21
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    21And this house whiche is most high, shalbe an astonishement to euery one that passeth by, and shal say: Why hath the Lorde dealt on this fashion with this lande, and with this house?

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    11What, thinke you this house that beareth my name, is a denne of thieues? And yet I see what you thinke, saith the Lorde.

  • Ps 11:4
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    4But God is in his holy temple, Gods throne is in heauen: his eyes looke downe, his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men.

  • Ps 115:16
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    16The heauen, the heauen I say is Gods: and he hath geuen the earth vnto the children of men.

  • 2 Chr 6:5
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    5Since the day that I brought my people out of the lande of Egypt, I chose no citie among all the tribes of Israel to buylde an house in, that my name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israel:

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    68%

    16O Lorde our God, all this stuffe that we haue prepared to builde thee an house for thy holy name, commeth of thyne hand, and is all thyne.

  • Ps 113:5
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    5Who is like vnto God our Lord that dwelleth on hygh aboue all:

  • 2 Chr 6:7
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    7And when it was in the heart of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel,