2 Chronicles 6:18

World English Bible (2000)

"But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
  • Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high, 6 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
  • Ps 139:7-9 : 7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! 9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Exod 29:45-46 : 45 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Yahweh their God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
  • 2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way, neither believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?"
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
  • Job 9:14 : 14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?
  • Job 25:4-6 : 4 How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean? 5 Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight; 6 How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!"
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
  • Matt 7:11 : 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
  • Acts 7:48-49 : 48 However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says, 49 'heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'or what is the place of my rest?
  • Acts 17:24 : 24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,
  • 2 Cor 12:2 : 2 I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don't know, or whether out of the body, I don't know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 8:26-28
    3 verses
    95%

    26 "Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

    27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

    28 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
    2 verses
    86%

    5 "The house which I build is great; for our God is great above all gods.

    6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?

  • 2 Chr 6:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

    2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."

  • 2 Chr 6:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;

    20 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

  • 2 Chr 6:17
    78%

    17 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.

  • Acts 7:47-49
    3 verses
    78%

    47 But Solomon built him a house.

    48 However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

    49 'heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'or what is the place of my rest?

  • Isa 66:1
    78%

    1 Thus says Yahweh, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4 "Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

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

    6 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
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    77%

    5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

    6 For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    77%

    27 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the 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.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-11
    5 verses
    76%

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

    8 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:

    9 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'

    10 "Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    11 There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel."

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    76%

    5 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.'

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    76%

    25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    76%

    8 They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

  • 2 Chr 6:32-34
    3 verses
    76%

    32 "Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

    33 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

    34 "If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

  • 1 Kgs 6:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12 "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

    13 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel."

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    76%

    13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
    75%

    2 The house which king Solomon built for Yahweh, its length was sixty cubits, and its breadth twenty [cubits], and its height thirty cubits.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    75%

    16 For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    75%

    3 Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Kgs 6:17
    75%

    17 The house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    75%

    16 Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and is all your own.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    74%

    19 He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

  • 2 Sam 7:19
    74%

    19 This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this after the way of men, Lord Yahweh!

  • Hag 1:8
    74%

    8 Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    74%

    16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, "Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

  • Ps 26:8
    74%

    8 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17 "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    18 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

    19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:43
    74%

    43 hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    74%

    2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, "Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.