Verse 4

“Go, tell my servant David:‘This is what the LORD says:“You must not build me a house in which to live.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 28:2-3 : 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. 3 But God said to me,‘You must not build a temple to honor me, for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.’
• 2 Chr 6:8-9 : 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.’
• Isa 55:8-9 : 8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,” says the LORD, 9 “for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.
• Rom 11:33-34 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways! 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?
• 2 Sam 7:4-5 : 4 That night the LORD’s message came to Nathan, 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?
• 1 Kgs 8:19 : 19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’
• 1 Chr 22:7-8 : 7 David said to Solomon:“My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the LORD my God. 8 But this was the LORD’S message to me:‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.