2 Chronicles 6:18
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18 “But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? (A)Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this [a]temple which I have built!
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- 2 Chronicles 6:18 Lit. house
Isaiah 66:1
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True Worship and False
66 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“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?
2 Chronicles 2:6
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6 (A)But who is able to build Him a temple, since heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I then, that I should build Him a temple, except to burn sacrifice before Him?
Psalm 139:7-10
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7 (A)Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 (B)If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
(C)If I make my bed in [a]hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
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- Psalm 139:8 Or Sheol
2 Corinthians 12:2
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2 I know a man (A)in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one (B)was caught up to the third heaven.
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Acts 17:24
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24 (A)God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is (B)Lord of heaven and earth, (C)does not dwell in temples made with hands.
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Acts 7:48-49
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48 “However, (A)the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49 ‘Heaven(B) is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?
Psalm 113:5-6
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5 (A)Who is like the Lord our God,
Who dwells on high,
6 (B)Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?
2 Chronicles 32:15
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15 Now therefore, (A)do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this, and do not believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’ ”
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Matthew 7:11
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11 If you then, (A)being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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Isaiah 57:15
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15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, (A)whose name is Holy:
(B)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
(C)With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
(D)To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Job 25:4-6
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4 (A)How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be (B)pure who is born of a woman?
5 If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His (C)sight,
6 How much less man, who is (D)a maggot,
And a son of man, who is a worm?”
Job 9:14
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14 “How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words to reason with Him?
Job 4:19
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19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?
1 Kings 8:27
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27 “But (A)will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the (B)heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!
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Exodus 29:45-46
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45 (A)I will dwell among the children of Israel and will (B)be their God. 46 And they shall know that (C)I am the Lord their God, who (D)brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.
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Jeremiah 23:24
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24 Can anyone (A)hide himself in secret places,
So I shall not see him?” says the Lord;
(B)“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.
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