2 Samuel 7:5

Free Bible Version

“Go and tell my servant David, This is what the Lord says: Should you be the one to build a house for me to live in?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:4

But that night the Lord spoke to Nathan and told him,

1 Kings 5:17

Following the king's orders, they quarried large blocks of stone that were expensive to produce, and laid these dressed stones as the foundation for the Temple.

1 Kings 6:12

“About this Temple you are building: if you follow what I have said, fulfilling my requirements and keeping my commandments in what you do, I will keep the promise I made to your father David through you.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and talk to my servant David. Tell him, this is what the Lord says: You are not to build a house for me to live in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God told me, ‘You are not to build a house to honor me because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’

Proverbs 16:1

Human beings may make plans in their minds, but the final decision is the Lord's.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is where I place my feet. So where will this house be that you're going to build for me? Where will I lie down to rest?