Acts 7:48-49
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z Yet the Most High does not dwell a in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
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b "'Heaven is my throne,
c and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
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Cross References
1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
2 Chronicles 2:6
But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him?
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Cross References
Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man.
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Cross References
Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord 's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
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Cross References
Matthew 5:34 - 35
But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God.
Isaiah 66:1 - 2
Thus says the Lord : "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
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Cross References
Isaiah 66:1 - 2
Thus says the Lord : "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
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