2 Chronicles 6:18

Modern English Version

“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.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:27

“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?

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 32:15

Now do not let Hezekiah trick or lead you all astray in this. And do not believe him, for no god from any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?”

2 Chronicles 6:17

And now, O  Lord God of Israel, may Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.

2 Chronicles 6:19

But respond to the prayer of Your servant and to his plea, O  Lord my God, to listen to the cry and prayer of Your servant who prays before You,

Job 4:19

Even more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.

Job 9:14

“How, then, can I myself answer Him, and choose my words to reason with Him?

Psalm 68:18

You have ascended on high, leading captives in your train; You have received gifts among men, even from the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell there.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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.

Matthew 12:6

I say to you, in this place there is One who is greater than the temple.

Matthew 7:11

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

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.