2 Samuel 7:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the Lord: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:4

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

1 Kings 5:17

“You know that David my father, because of the wars that beset him, could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God until such time as the Lord should put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

1 Kings 6:12

As to this house you are building—if you walk in my statutes, carry out my ordinances, and observe all my commands, walking in them, I will fulfill toward you my word which I spoke to David your father.

1 Chronicles 17:4

Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the Lord: It is not you who are to build the house for me to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man who waged wars and shed blood.

Proverbs 16:1

Plans are made in human hearts, but from the Lord comes the tongue’s response.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: The heavens are my throne, the earth, my footstool. What house can you build for me? Where is the place of my rest?