Acts 17:24

Geneva Bible (1560)

God that made the worlde, and all things that are therein, seeing that he is Lorde of heaue and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands,

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  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 Is it true in deede that God will dwell on the earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: howe much more vnable is this house that I haue built?
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Iesus answered, and saide, I giue thee thankes, O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding, and hast opened them vnto babes.
  • Acts 7:48 : 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with handes, as saith the Prophet,
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 Beholde, heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.
  • Acts 4:24 : 24 And when they heard it, they lift vp their voyces to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou art the God which hast made the heaue, and the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 And saying, O men, why doe yee these things? We are euen men subiect to the like passions that yee be, and preache vnto you, that yee shoulde turne from these vaine things vnto the liuing God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all things that in them are:
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde, The heauen is my throne, and the earth is my footestoole: where is that house that ye will builde vnto me? and where is that place of my rest?
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.
  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 Who is he then that can be able to buylde him an house, when the heauen, & the heauen of heauens can not conteine him? who am I then that I should buylde him an house? but I do it to burne incense before him.
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 (Is it true in deede that God will dwell with man on earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: how much more vnable is this house, which I haue buylt?)
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus sayeth God the Lord (he that created the heauens and spred them abroad: he that stretched foorth the earth, and the buddes thereof: he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein)
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 (Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens)
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirit, and said, I confesse vnto thee, Father, Lord of heauen & earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and vnderstanding, and hast reueiled them to babes: euen so, Father, because it so pleased thee.
  • John 4:22-23 : 22 Ye worship that which ye knowe not: we worship that which we knowe: for saluation is of the Iewes. 23 But the houre commeth, and nowe is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit, and trueth: for the Father requireth euen such to worship him.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and one that sate on it, from whose face fled away both the earth and heauen, and their place was no more found.
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord God, beholde, thou hast made the heauen and the earth by thy great power, and by thy stretched out arme, & there is nothing hard vnto thee.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 (4:32) And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, and in the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, nor say vnto him, What doest thou?
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the worde of the Lorde vpon Israel, sayth the Lorde, which spred the heauens, and layed the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirite of man within him.
  • Matt 5:34 : 34 But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God:
  • Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith the Lorde (that created heauen, God himselfe, that formed the earth, & made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vaine: he formed it to be inhabited) I am the Lord, and there is none other.
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The earth is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
  • Ps 148:13 : 13 Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for his Name onely is to be exalted, and his prayse aboue the earth and the heauens.
  • Isa 40:12 : 12 Who hath measured the waters in his fist? and counted heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed ye mountaines in a weight, and the hilles in a balance?
  • Isa 40:28 : 28 Knowest thou not? or hast thou not heard, that the euerlasting God, the Lorde hath created the endes of the earth? he neither fainteth, nor is wearie: there is no searching of his vnderstanding.
  • 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lorde, and saide, O Lorde God of Israel, which dwellest betweene the Cherubims, thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth: thou hast made the heauen and the earth.
  • Gen 14:19 : 19 Therefore he blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high possessour of heauen and earth,
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lorde the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth,
  • John 1:1 : 1 In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lorde? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?
  • Acts 17:26-28 : 26 And hath made of one blood all mankinde, to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned the seasons which were ordeined before, and the boundes of their habitation, 27 That they shoulde seeke the Lorde, if so be they might haue groped after him, and founde him though doubtlesse he be not farre from euery one of vs. 28 For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as also certaine of your owne Poets haue sayd, for we are also his generation.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 Whom he hath made heire of al things, by whome also he made the worldes,
  • Heb 3:4 : 4 For euery house is builded of some man, and he that hath built all things, is God.

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  • Acts 17:25-30
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    25Neither is worshipped with mens handes, as though he needed any thing, seeing hee giueth to all life and breath and all things,

    26And hath made of one blood all mankinde, to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned the seasons which were ordeined before, and the boundes of their habitation,

    27That they shoulde seeke the Lorde, if so be they might haue groped after him, and founde him though doubtlesse he be not farre from euery one of vs.

    28For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as also certaine of your owne Poets haue sayd, for we are also his generation.

    29Forasmuch then, as we are the generation of God, we ought not to thinke that ye Godhead is like vnto gold, or siluer, or stone grauen by arte and the inuention of man.

    30And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but nowe hee admonisheth all men euery where to repent,

  • Acts 7:47-50
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    47But Solomon built him an house.

    48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with handes, as saith the Prophet,

    49Heauen is my throne, and earth is my footestoole: what house wil ye build for me, saith the Lord? or what place is it that I should rest in?

    50Hath not mine hand made all these things?

  • Acts 17:22-23
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    22Then Paul stoode in the mids of Mars streete, and sayde, Yee men of Athens, I perceiue that in all things yee are too superstitious.

    23For as I passed by, and behelde your deuotions, I founde an altar wherein was written, Vnto The Vnknowen God. Whome yee then ignorantly worship, him shewe I vnto you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
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    27Is it true in deede that God will dwell on the earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: howe much more vnable is this house that I haue built?

  • Heb 3:4
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    4For euery house is builded of some man, and he that hath built all things, is God.

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
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    16Knowe ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

    17If any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
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    18(Is it true in deede that God will dwell with man on earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: how much more vnable is this house, which I haue buylt?)

  • 1 Chr 16:26
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    26For all the gods of the people are idoles, but the Lord made the heauens.

  • Acts 14:15-16
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    15And saying, O men, why doe yee these things? We are euen men subiect to the like passions that yee be, and preache vnto you, that yee shoulde turne from these vaine things vnto the liuing God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all things that in them are:

    16Who in times past suffered all the Gentiles to walke in their owne waies.

  • Ps 24:1
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    1A Psalme of Dauid. The earth is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein.

  • Ps 96:5
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    5For all the gods of the people are idoles: but the Lord made the heauens.

  • Isa 66:1
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    1Thus saith the Lorde, The heauen is my throne, and the earth is my footestoole: where is that house that ye will builde vnto me? and where is that place of my rest?

  • Acts 4:24
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    24And when they heard it, they lift vp their voyces to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou art the God which hast made the heaue, and the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

  • 1 Cor 8:4-5
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    4Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed vnto idoles, we knowe that an idole is nothing in the worlde, and that there is none other God but one.

    5For though there bee that are called gods, whether in heauen, or in earth (as there be many gods, and many lords)

  • 2 Cor 6:16
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    16And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idols? for ye are the Temple of the liuing God: as God hath said, I will dwell among them, and walke there: and I will be their God, and they shalbe my people.

  • Jer 10:11-12
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    11(Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens)

    12He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

  • Rom 1:19-20
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    19Forasmuch as that, which may be knowe of God, is manifest in them: for God hath shewed it vnto them.

    20For the inuisible things of him, that is, his eternal power & Godhead, are seene by ye creation of the worlde, being considered in his workes, to the intent that they should be without excuse:

  • Ps 115:3-4
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    3But our God is in heauen: he doeth what so euer he will.

    4Their idoles are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens hands.

  • 2 Cor 5:1
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    1For we knowe that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue a building giuen of God, that is, an house not made with handes, but eternall in the heauens.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
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    16O Lorde our God, all this abundance that we haue prepared to buylde thee an house for thine holy Name, is of thine hand & all is thine.

  • Heb 1:10
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    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast established the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thine handes.

  • Acts 15:18
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    18From the beginning of the worlde, God knoweth all his workes.

  • 1 Cor 10:26
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    26For the earth is the Lords, and all that therein is.

  • Isa 37:16
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    16O Lorde of hostes, God of Israel, which dwellest betweene the Cherubims, thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth: thou hast made the heauen and the earth.

  • Ps 146:6
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    6Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth his fidelitie for euer:

  • John 4:24
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    24God is a Spirite, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and trueth.

  • Deut 10:14
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    14Beholde, heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.

  • Acts 19:26
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    26Moreouer ye see and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia this Paul hath perswaded, and turned away much people, saying, That they be not gods which are made with handes.

  • Rom 1:23
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    23For they turned the glorie of the incorruptible God to the similitude of the image of a corruptible man, and of birdes, and foure footed beastes, and of creeping things.

  • Ps 102:25
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    25Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands.

  • Matt 23:21
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    21And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

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    15The idoles of the heathen are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens handes.

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    16The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.

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    19Knowe yee not, that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost, which is in you, whom ye haue of God? and yee are not your owne.

  • 2 Chr 2:6
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    6Who is he then that can be able to buylde him an house, when the heauen, & the heauen of heauens can not conteine him? who am I then that I should buylde him an house? but I do it to burne incense before him.