2 Samuel 7:5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

“Go to My servant David and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you to build a house for Me to live in?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:4

But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:

1 Kings 5:17

The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

1 Kings 6:12

“As for this temple you are building — if you walk in My statutes, observe My ordinances, and keep all My commands by walking in them, I will fulfill My promise to you, which I made to your father David.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go to David My servant and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

Proverbs 16:1

The reflections of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house could you possibly build for Me? And what place could be My home?