Acts 7:48
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48 However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says,
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Acts 17:24-25
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24 “He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, 25 and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.
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Isaiah 66:1-2
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66 This is what the Lord says:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?
Could you build me such a resting place?
2 My hands have made both heaven and earth;
they and everything in them are mine.[a]
I, the Lord, have spoken!
“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
who tremble at my word.
Footnotes
- 66:2 As in Greek, Latin, and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads these things are.
1 Kings 8:27
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27 “But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!
2 Chronicles 2:5-6
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5 “This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods. 6 But who can really build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heavens can contain him! So who am I to consider building a Temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices to him?
Psalm 91:9
New Living Translation
9 If you make the Lord your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
2 Chronicles 6:18
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18 “But will God really live on earth among people? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!
Daniel 4:17
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17 For this has been decreed by the messengers[a];
it is commanded by the holy ones,
so that everyone may know
that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world.
He gives them to anyone he chooses—
even to the lowliest of people.”
Footnotes
- 4:17 Aramaic the watchers.
Psalm 91:1
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Psalm 91
1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 7:17
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17 I will thank the Lord because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
Psalm 92:8
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8 But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever.
Daniel 4:34
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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
34 “After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever.
His rule is everlasting,
and his kingdom is eternal.
Daniel 4:24-25
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24 “‘This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what the Most High has declared will happen to my lord the king. 25 You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.
Psalm 46:4
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4 A river brings joy to the city of our God,
the sacred home of the Most High.
Deuteronomy 32:8
New Living Translation
8 When the Most High assigned lands to the nations,
when he divided up the human race,
he established the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number in his heavenly court.[a]
Footnotes
- 32:8 As in Dead Sea Scrolls, which read the number of the sons of God, and Greek version, which reads the number of the angels of God; Masoretic Text reads the number of the sons of Israel.
Hosea 7:16
New Living Translation
16 They look everywhere except to the Most High.
They are as useless as a crooked bow.
Their leaders will be killed by their enemies
because of their insolence toward me.
Then the people of Egypt
will laugh at them.
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