2 Chronicles 2:6
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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?(A)
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2 Chronicles 6:18
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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!(A)
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1 Kings 8:27
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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!(A)
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Isaiah 66:1
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The Worship God Demands
66 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?(A)
Acts 7:48-49
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48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with human hands;[a] as the prophet says,(A)
49 ‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?(B)
Footnotes
- 7.48 Gk with hands
2 Chronicles 1:10
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10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of yours?”(A)
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1 Chronicles 29:14
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14 “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
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2 Samuel 7:18
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David’s Prayer
18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:5-6
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5 But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,(A) 6 bringing there your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, your votive gifts, your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and flocks.
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Exodus 3:11
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11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
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Ephesians 3:8
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8 Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ(A)
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2 Corinthians 2:16
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16 to the one group a fragrance from death[a] to death, to the other a fragrance from life[b] to life. Who is qualified for these things?(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:26
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26 But the sacred donations that are due from you and your votive gifts you shall bring to the place that the Lord will choose.(A)
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