Acts 7:49

Webster's Bible (1833)

'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?

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  • Ps 11:4 : 4 Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
  • 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.
  • Matt 5:34-35 : 34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; 35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  • 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh 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 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
  • Matt 24:2 : 2 But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most assuredly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
  • John 4:21 : 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
  • Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says Yahweh of Hosts.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Don't you trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these. 5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; 6 if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt: 7 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore. 8 Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit. 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known, 10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.

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    1Thus 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?

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

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

  • Acts 7:50
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    50Didn't my hand make all these things?'

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
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    27But 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 6:18
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    18But 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!

  • Acts 17:24
    76%

    24The 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 Sam 7:5-7
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    5Go and tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

    6for 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.

    7In 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?

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    75%

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

    6But 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?

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
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    74%

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

    5for 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].

    6In 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?

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    73%

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

  • Ezek 43:7
    73%

    7He 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. The house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, and by the dead bodies of their kings [in] their high places;

  • Matt 5:35
    72%

    35nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    72%

    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; The world and its fullness. You have founded them.

  • Ps 132:14
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    14"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

  • Hag 1:8
    72%

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

  • Isa 37:16
    71%

    16Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, who sits [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    71%

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

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    5Behold, 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 Chr 28:2
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    2Then 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.

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

  • Ps 78:69
    70%

    69He built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he has established forever.

  • Isa 40:22
    70%

    22[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;

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    6It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.

  • Ps 110:1
    70%

    1> Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27For 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.

  • Heb 1:13
    70%

    13But of which of the angels has he said at any time, "Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?"

  • Matt 22:44
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    44'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'

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    70%

    16For 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.

  • Acts 2:34-35
    2 verses
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    34For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,

    35Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'

  • Jer 17:12
    70%

    12A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

  • Ps 68:16
    70%

    16Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, At the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.

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    69%

    7"We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.

  • Ps 26:8
    69%

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

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    69%

    3You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.

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    21This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus 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, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.

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    4Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.

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    16The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; But the earth has he given to the children of men.

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

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    16Yahweh 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.

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    5Who is like Yahweh, our God, Who has his seat on high,

  • 2 Chr 6:7
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    7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.