Acts 7:48
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48 (A)Yet the Most High does not dwell (B)in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
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Isaiah 66:1-2
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The Humble and Contrite in Spirit
66 (A)Thus says the Lord:
(B)“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
2 (C)All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(D)But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
Acts 17:24-25
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24 (A)The God who made the world and everything in it, being (B)Lord of heaven and earth, (C)does not live in temples made by man,[a] 25 nor is he served by human hands, (D)as though he needed anything, since he himself (E)gives to all mankind (F)life and breath and everything.
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- Acts 17:24 Greek made by hands
2 Chronicles 2:5-6
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5 The house that I am to build will be great, (A)for our God is greater than all gods. 6 (B)But who is able to build him a house, since (C)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?
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1 Kings 8:27
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27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, (A)heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
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Psalm 91:9
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- Psalm 91:9 Or For you, O Lord, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your dwelling place
Psalm 91:1
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My Refuge and My Fortress
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Psalm 7:17
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17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
and I will (A)sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
Daniel 4:34
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Nebuchadnezzar Restored
34 (A)At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and (B)my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored (C)him who lives forever,
(D)for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and (E)his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
Daniel 4:24-25
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24 this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, 25 (A)that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made (B)to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and (C)seven periods of time shall pass over you, till (D)you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.
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Daniel 4:17
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Psalm 92:8
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8 but you, O Lord, are (A)on high forever.
Psalm 46:4
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4 There is (A)a river whose streams make glad (B)the city of God,
the holy (C)habitation of the Most High.
2 Chronicles 6:18
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18 “But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, (A)heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!
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Deuteronomy 32:8
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8 When the Most High (A)gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he (B)divided mankind,
he fixed the borders[a] of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.[b]
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Or territories
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel
Hosea 7:16
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16 They (A)return, but not upward;[a]
they are (B)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of (C)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (D)in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High
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