2 Samuel 7:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you 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

At the king's command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.

1 Kings 6:12

“Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my ordinances and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

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 may not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the mind 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 the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?