1 Kings 8:27

God's Word

“Does God really live on earth? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:5

The temple I am building will be great because our God is greater than all other gods.

2 Chronicles 2:6

But who is able to build him a temple when heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold him? Who am I to build him a temple except as a place to sacrifice in his presence?

2 Chronicles 6:18

“Does God really live on earth with people? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?

Psalm 113:4

The Lord is high above all the nations. His glory is above the heavens.

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, you highest heaven and the water above the sky.

Psalm 68:33

God rides through the ancient heaven, the highest heaven. Listen! He makes his voice heard, his powerful voice.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne. The earth is my footstool. Where can you build a house or resting place for me?

Jeremiah 23:24

“No one can hide so that I can’t see him,” declares the Lord. “I fill heaven and earth!” declares the Lord.

John 1:14

The Word became human and lived among us. We saw his glory. It was the glory that the Father shares with his only Son, a glory full of kindness  and truth.

Acts 17:24

The God who made the universe and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in shrines made by humans,

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a follower of Christ who was snatched away to the third heaven fourteen years ago. I don’t know whether this happened to him physically or spiritually. Only God knows.

2 Corinthians 6:16

Can God’s temple contain false gods? Clearly, we are the temple of the living God. As God said, “I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

Deuteronomy 10:14

Remember that the sky, the highest heaven, the earth and everything it contains belong to the Lord your God.

1 John 3:1

Consider this: The Father has given us his love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God’s dear children. And that’s what we are. For this reason the world doesn’t recognize us, and it didn’t recognize him either.