2 Samuel 7:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:4

Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

1 Kings 5:17

By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

1 Kings 6:12

About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

1 Chronicles 17:4

Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;

Proverbs 16:1

The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

Isaiah 66:1

The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?