2 Chronicles 6:18

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

For indeed will God dwell with man upon the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens will not contain thee; much less this house which I built

Cross References

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said Jehovah, The heavens my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet: where this house which ye will build to me? and where this place of my rest?

2 Chronicles 2:6

For who shall retain power to build for him a house? for the heavens and the heavens of the heavens shall not contain him: and who am I who shall build to him a house but to burn incense before him?

2 Corinthians 12:2

I knew a man in Christ before fourteen years, (whether in the body, I know not; whether out of the body, I know not: God knows;) such a one having been carried off even to the third heaven.

Acts 17:24

God having made the world and all things in it, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made by hands;

2 Chronicles 32:15

And now Hezekiah shall not deceive you, and he shall not stimulate you according to this, and ye shall not believe upon him: for not any God of any nation and kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my father: much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand.

Matthew 7:11

If ye, therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children how much more will your Father which is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

Isaiah 57:15

For thus said the high and lifted up inhabiting eternity, and his name Holy; being lifted up, and I will dwell in the holy place, and with the broken and humble of spirit, to preserve alive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the broken.

Psalm 68:18

Thou didst go up to height, thou didst take captive captivity: thou didst receive gifts in man, also those turning away, for Jehovah God to dwell.

Job 9:14

How much less shall I answer him, shall I choose my words with him?

Job 4:19

Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth.

1 Kings 8:27

For truly shall God dwell upon the earth? Behold the heavens and the heavens of the heavens shall not contain thee; much less this house which I built

Jeremiah 23:24

If a man shall hide in secret places and I shall not see him, says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? says Jehovah.

Matthew 12:6

But I say to you, That he here is greater than the temple.

2 Chronicles 6:17

And slow, O Jehovah God of Israel, thy word shall be firm which thou didst speak to thy servant, to David.

2 Chronicles 6:19

Turn to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hear to the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prays before thee:

2 Chronicles 2:5

And the house that I build is great: for great our God above all gods.