2 Samuel 7:5

New King James Version

“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:4

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

1 Kings 5:17

And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple.

1 Kings 6:12

“Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My word with you, which I spoke to your father David.

1 Chronicles 17:4

“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.’

Proverbs 16:1

The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Isaiah 66:1

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