1 Kings 6:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The house was built with stone finished at the quarry so that neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:6

The lowest story was five cubits wide, the middle one was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide, for around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

1 Kings 6:8

The entrance for the lower story was on the south side of the house: one went up by winding stairs to the middle story and from the middle story to the third.

Exodus 20:25

But if you make for me an altar of stone, do not build it of hewn stones, for if you use a chisel upon it you profane it.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.

Isaiah 42:2

He will not cry out or lift up his voice or make it heard in the street;

Acts 9:31

Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

Romans 9:23

and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—

2 Corinthians 5:5

The one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a down payment.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

James 1:20

for human anger does not produce God’s righteousness.

1 Peter 2:5

like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.