2 Samuel 7:5

New International Version

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

2 Samuel 7:4

But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

1 Kings 6:12

“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?

1 Kings 5:17

At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

Proverbs 16:1

To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.