1 Kings 8:27
"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?"
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- Isaiah 66:1
"Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?"
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 2:6
"But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 23:24
"Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD."
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 6:18
"But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!"
Read in chapter → - Acts 7:48
"Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 139:7
"Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 10:14
"Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is."
Read in chapter → - John 1:14
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 113:4
"The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens."
Read in chapter → - Acts 17:24
"God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;"
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