1 Kings 8:27

Webster's Bible (1833)

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!

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
  • 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.
  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
  • 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. 11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; The light around me will be night;" 12 Even the darkness doesn't hide from you, But the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you. 13 For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. 15 My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were none of them.
  • 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 6:16 : 16 What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
  • 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.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 But will God in very deed 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!
  • Ps 113:4 : 4 Yahweh is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens.
  • John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 6:17-19
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    17 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.

    18 But will God in very deed 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!

    19 Yet have you respect to 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;

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    5 The house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

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

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27 For you, Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26
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    26 Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

  • Acts 7:47-49
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    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?

  • 1 Kgs 8:28-29
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    79%

    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;

    29 that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

  • 1 Chr 17:25
    78%

    25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house: therefore has your servant found [in his heart] to pray before you.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
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    78%

    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 walked in a tent and in a tent.

    7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, spoke I a word with 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?

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    78%

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

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

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
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    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, spoke I 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?

  • Isa 66:1
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    1 Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?

  • 2 Chr 20:8
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    8 They lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    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 room, he shall build the house for my name.

  • 1 Kgs 8:42-43
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    42 (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;

    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 does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-20
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    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 loins, he shall build the house for my name.

    20 Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I am risen up in the room 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.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    76%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:33
    76%

    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.

  • Ps 26:8
    75%

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

  • 1 Chr 22:7-8
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    7 David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.

    8 But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

  • 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.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
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    75%

    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:

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    75%

    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?

  • 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 of your hand, and is all your own.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
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    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 made ready for the building.

  • 2 Sam 7:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

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

    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 [too] after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh!

  • 2 Chr 2:9
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    9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

  • 2 Chr 6:10
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    10 Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I am risen up in the room 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.

  • Acts 17:24
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    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,

  • Hag 1:8
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    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 22:1
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    1 Then David said, This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
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    12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • 1 Chr 22:11
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    11 Now, my son, Yahweh be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.