1 Kings 8:27

Conservative English Version

There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, LORD God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built?

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:5

This will be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.

2 Chronicles 2:6

No one can ever build a temple large enough for God--even the heavens are too small a place for him to live in! All I can do is build a place where we can offer sacrifices to him.

2 Chronicles 6:18

There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, LORD God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built?

Psalm 113:4

The LORD is far above all of the nations; he is more glorious than the heavens.

Psalm 148:4

Highest heavens, and the water above the highest heavens, come and offer praise.

Psalm 68:33

Praise the one who rides across the ancient skies; listen as he speaks with a mighty voice.

Isaiah 66:1

The LORD said: Heaven is my throne; the earth is my footstool. What kind of house could you build for me? In what place will I rest?

Jeremiah 23:24

in heaven and on earth. There are no secret places where you can hide from me.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and lived here with us. We saw his true glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. From him all the kindness and all the truth of God have come down to us.

Acts 17:24

This God made the world and everything in it. He is Lord of heaven and earth, and he doesn't live in temples built by human hands.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know about one of Christ's followers who was taken up into the third heaven fourteen years ago. I don't know if the man was still in his body when it happened, but God certainly knows.

2 Corinthians 6:16

Do idols belong in the temple of God? We are the temple of the living God, as God himself says, "I will live with these people and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."

Deuteronomy 10:14

Everything belongs to the LORD your God, not only the earth and everything on it, but also the sky and the highest heavens.

1 John 3:1

Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are.