Acts 17:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

When God began to create the heavens and the earth,

Genesis 14:19

He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,

1 Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!

2 Kings 19:15

And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O Lord the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

2 Chronicles 2:6

But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him except as a place to make offerings before him?

2 Chronicles 6:18

“But will God indeed dwell with mortals on earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the Lord’s heavens, but the earth he has given to human beings.

Psalm 146:5

Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God,

Psalm 148:13

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven.

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it,

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 40:28

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it a chaos; he formed it to be inhabited!): I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; so what kind of house could you build for me, what sort of place for me to rest?

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus shall you say to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.

Jeremiah 23:24

Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 32:17

“Ah Lord God! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does what he wills with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”

Zechariah 12:1

An Oracle. The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;

Matthew 5:34

But I say to you: Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

Luke 10:21

At that very hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Acts 14:15

“People, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Acts 4:24

When they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and everything in them,

Acts 7:48

Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with human hands; as the prophet says,

Romans 1:19

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

Deuteronomy 10:14

Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth with all that is in it,

Hebrews 1:2

but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.

Hebrews 3:4

(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.