Acts 17:24-26

Paul Addresses the Areopagus

²⁴ _r The God who made the world and everything in it, being _s Lord of heaven and earth, _t does not live in temples made by man, ₁ ²⁵ nor is he served by human hands, _u as though he needed anything, since he himself _v gives to all mankind _w life and breath and everything. ²⁶ And _x he made from one man every nation of mankind to live _y on all the face of the earth, _z having determined allotted periods and _a the boundaries of their dwelling place,

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 42:5
   Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
   Acts 14:15
   Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 11:25
   At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children.
   Deuteronomy 10:14
   Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.
   Psalms 115:16
   The heavens are the Lord 's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.
   
3. Cross References
   Acts 7:48
   Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 50:8 - 12
   Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
   1 Chronicles 29:14
   But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
   1 Chronicles 29:16
   O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.
   Job 22:2
   Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Timothy 6:17
   As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
   James 1:5
   If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
   James 1:17
   Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
   
6. Cross References
   Genesis 2:7
   Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from t...
   Genesis 7:22
   Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils wa...
   Job 33:4
   The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath o...
   Job 27:3
   As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit o...
   Ecclesiastes 12:7
   And the dust returns to the earth as it was, an...
   Zechariah 12:1
   The burden of the word of the Lord concerning I...
   Acts 17:28
   For "'In him we live and move and have our bein...
   
7. Cross References
   Genesis 3:20
   The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
   Malachi 2:10
   Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
   
8. Cross References
   Genesis 11:8
   So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
   Luke 21:35
   For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
   
9. Cross References
   Job 12:23
   He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
   Job 14:5
   Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass.
   
10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:8
    When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
    Psalms 74:17
    You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter.