Acts 7:49

KJV1611 – Modern English

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. What house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

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  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the children of men.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build for me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
  • Matt 5:34-35 : 34 But I say to you, do not swear at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 To him who overcomes will I grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.
  • 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
  • Matt 23:22 : 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
  • Matt 24:2 : 2 And Jesus said to them, Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone will be left here upon another that will not be thrown down.
  • John 4:21 : 21 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father.
  • Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm; 7 Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. 8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit. 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.

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    1Thus says the LORD, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build for me? and where is the place of my rest?

  • Acts 7:47-48
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    47But Solomon built Him a house.

    48However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

  • Acts 7:50
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    50Has not my hand made all these things?

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    79%

    27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?

  • 2 Chr 6:18
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    18But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

  • Acts 17:24
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    24God, who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
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    5Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

    6Since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have not dwelt in any house, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    7In all the places where I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    75%

    5And the house which I build is great, for great is our God above all gods.

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

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
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    74%

    4Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to live in:

    5For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

    6Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    73%

    12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • Ezek 43:7
    73%

    7And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever; and the house of Israel shall no longer defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry or by the corpses of their kings on their high places.

  • Matt 5:35
    72%

    35Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
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    13He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  • Ps 89:11
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    11The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; as for the world and all its fullness, you have founded them.

  • Ps 132:14
    72%

    14This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

  • Hag 1:8
    72%

    8Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • Isa 37:16
    71%

    16O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, who dwells between the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: You have made heaven and earth.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
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    2But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    71%

    5And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
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    2Then King David stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations for the building:

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    13I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

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    69And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established forever.

  • Isa 40:22
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    22It is he who sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

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    6It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

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    70%

    1The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    70%

    27For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

  • Heb 1:13
    70%

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  • Matt 22:44
    70%

    44The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool?

  • 2 Chr 7:16
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    16For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • Acts 2:34-35
    2 verses
    70%

    34For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand,

    35Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.'

  • Jer 17:12
    70%

    12A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

  • Ps 68:16
    70%

    16Why do you leap, you high hills? This is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it forever.

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    7We will go into His tabernacles; we will worship at His footstool.

  • Ps 26:8
    69%

    8LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house and the place where Your honor dwells.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
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    3You know how David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars that surrounded him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

  • 2 Chr 7:21
    69%

    21And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone who passes by it; so that they will say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?

  • Jer 7:11
    69%

    11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.

  • Ps 11:4
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    16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S, but the earth He has given to the children of men.

  • 2 Chr 6:5
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    5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

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    16O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own.

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    5Who is like the LORD our God, who dwells on high,

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    7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.