1 Kings 8:27

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 66:1

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

2 Chronicles 2:6

But who is able to build Him a house, since the heavens and heaven of the heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I then, that I should build Him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before Him?

Jeremiah 23:24

Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and earth? says Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 6:18

But truly will God in deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, Heavens and heaven of the heavens cannot contain You! How much less this house which I have built?

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to Jehovah your God, the earth also, with all in it.

Psalm 113:4

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

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us. And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and of truth.

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ fourteen years before (whether in the body, I do not know; or outside of the body, I do not know; God knows) such a one was caught up to the third Heaven.

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

Psalm 68:33

To Him who rides on the heavens of heavens of old; lo, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.

Psalm 148:4

Praise Him, heavens of heavens, and waters that are above the heavens.

2 Chronicles 2:5

And the house which I am building is great. For our God is great above all gods.