Acts 17:24

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 14:19

And 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 the Lord God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,

1 Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

2 Kings 19:15

And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: “O Lord the God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast 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 burn incense before him?

2 Chronicles 6:18

“But will God dwell indeed with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

Psalm 146:5

Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his 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 the fulness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein;

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters 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 forth 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; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my 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

Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 32:17

‘Ah Lord God! It is thou who hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for thee,

Daniel 4:35

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What doest thou?”

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 spirit of man within him:

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 fathers?

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus declared, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;

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

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy 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

“Men, why are you doing this? We also are men, of like nature with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Acts 4:24

And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,

Acts 7:48

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

Romans 1:19

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

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, 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 the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Hebrews 3:4

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

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat upon it; from his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.