1 Kings 8:27

Modern English Version

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less can this house that I have built?

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:5

“And the house that 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 a house for Him, since the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I that I build a house for Him, except to make offerings before Him?

2 Chronicles 6:18

“For will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the highest heavens are not able to contain You, much less this house that I have built.

Psalm 113:4

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

Psalm 148:4

Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens.

Psalm 68:33

to Him who rides on the highest heavens, which were of old! Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the house that you could build for Me? And where is the place of My rest?

Jeremiah 23:24

Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I do not see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as of the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Acts 17:24

“God who made the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I knew a man in Christ over fourteen years ago—whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven.

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live in them and walk in them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.

1 John 3:1

Consider how much love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.