Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?
Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.
But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
This house, which thou buildest, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments, walking in them, I will fulfil my word to thee which I spoke to David thy father.
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?
And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them.
And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my name; because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.