1 Kings 8:27

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

Cross References

Isaiah 66:1

THUS saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What is this house that you will build to me? And what is this place of my rest?

2 Chronicles 2:6

Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? If heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? But to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.

Jeremiah 23:24

Shall a man be hid in secret places and I not see him, saith the Lord? Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

2 Chronicles 6:18

Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less this house, which I have built?

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, heaven is the Lord's thy God, and the heaven of heaven, the earth and all things that are therein.

Psalm 113:4

The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock.

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him.

Acts 17:24

God, who made the world, and all things therein; he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up to the third heaven.

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God saith: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Psalm 68:33

Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens

2 Chronicles 2:5

For the house which I desire to build is great: for our God is great above all gods.