Acts 17:24

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The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

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  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 Jesus’ Invitation At that time Jesus said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to little children.
  • Acts 7:48 : 48 Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 The heavens– indeed the highest heavens– belong to the LORD your God, as does the earth and everything in it.
  • Acts 4:24 : 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said,“Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says:“The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.
  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 This is what the true God, the LORD, says– the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 You people of Israel should tell those nations this:‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.
  • John 4:22-23 : 22 You people worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But a time is coming– and now is here– when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 ‘Oh, Sovereign LORD, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The Repentance of Judah This is an oracle, the LORD’s message concerning Israel: The LORD– he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person– says,
  • Matt 5:34 : 34 But I say to you, do not take oaths at all– not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,
  • Isa 45:18 : 18 For this is what the LORD says, the one who created the sky– he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited–“I am the LORD, I have no peer.
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 A psalm of David. The LORD owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  • Ps 148:13 : 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky.
  • Isa 40:12 : 12 The Lord is Incomparable Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?
  • Isa 40:28 : 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.
  • 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 Hezekiah prayed before the LORD:“LORD God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.
  • Gen 14:19 : 19 He blessed Abram, saying,“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom,“I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow
  • John 1:1 : 1 ¶ The Prologue to the Gospel In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 “Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the LORD asks.“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the LORD asks.
  • Acts 17:26-28 : 26 From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, 27 so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28 For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said,‘For we too are his offspring.’
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.
  • Heb 3:4 : 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

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    25nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.

    26From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

    27so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

    28For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said,‘For we too are his offspring.’

    29So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

    30Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

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

    48Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

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

    50Did my hand not make all these things?’

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    22So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said,“Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.

    23For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

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    27“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

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    4For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

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    16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

    17If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
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    18“God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

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    26For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the LORD made the heavens.

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    15“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

    16In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

  • Ps 24:1
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    1A psalm of David. The LORD owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.

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    5For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the LORD made the sky.

  • Isa 66:1
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    1This is what the LORD says:“The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?

  • Acts 4:24
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    24When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said,“Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

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    4With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“there is no God but one.”

    5If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth(as there are many gods and many lords),

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    16And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

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    11You people of Israel should tell those nations this:‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’

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    19because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

    20For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes– his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

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    3Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!

    4Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

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    1Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

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    16O LORD our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

  • Heb 1:10
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    10And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

  • Acts 15:18
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    18known from long ago.

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    26for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s.

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    16“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

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    6the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

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    24God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

  • Deut 10:14
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    14The heavens– indeed the highest heavens– belong to the LORD your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

  • Acts 19:26
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    26And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

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    23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

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    25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

  • Matt 23:21
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    21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.

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    15The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

  • Ps 115:16
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    16The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.

  • 1 Cor 6:19
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    19Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

  • 2 Chr 2:6
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    6Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.