Acts 7:48
Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,
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Referenced Verses
- 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!
- 2 Chr 2:5-6 : 5 I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods. 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.
- Isa 66:1-2 : 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? 2 My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the LORD. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
- Acts 17:24-25 : 24 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, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.
- Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.
- Dan 4:17 : 17 This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’
- 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!
- Ps 7:17 : 17 I will thank the LORD for his justice; I will sing praises to the LORD Most High!
- Ps 46:4 : 4 The river’s channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the Most High.
- Ps 91:1 : 1 As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, and resides in the protective shadow of the Sovereign One–
- Ps 91:9 : 9 For you have taken refuge in the LORD, my shelter, the Most High.
- Ps 92:8 : 8 But you, O LORD, reign forever!
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Acts 7:49-502 verses86%
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?
50 Did my hand not make all these things?’
- Acts 7:46-472 verses81%
46 He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built a house for him.
- Acts 17:24-252 verses81%
24 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,
25 nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.
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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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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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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?
- 1 Chr 17:4-63 verses75%
4 “Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD says:“You must not build me a house in which to live.
5 For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.
6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’
- 2 Chr 2:5-62 verses74%
5 I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods.
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 Sam 7:5-73 verses74%
5 “Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD has said: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?
6 I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.
7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,“Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’
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13 O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
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2 O LORD, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
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4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
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8 They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,
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27 for you, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, have told your servant,‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you.
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2 The king said to Nathan the prophet,“Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.”
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12 He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
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16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
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21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say,‘Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?’
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5 He told David,‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.
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2 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.
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5 So I have decided to build a temple to honor the LORD my God, as the LORD instructed my father David,‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’
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34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand
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69 He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.
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1 Living 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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12 the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:“I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.
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2 King David rose to his feet and said:“Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the LORD’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.
- 2 Chr 6:8-92 verses67%
8 The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
9 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’
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7 David said to Solomon:“My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the LORD my God.
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13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
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7 He said to me:“Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.
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16 And 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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16 Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the LORD will live there permanently!
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8 O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.
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16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
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19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’
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5 Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?
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16 O 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.
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2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.
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3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the LORD his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the LORD subdued his enemies.
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11 Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the LORD.
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2 The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.