Acts 7:48
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:”
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“However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,”
King James Version · Public Domain“Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 7:48 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
- 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- 2 Chronicles 2:5The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
- 2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- Psalms 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
- Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 91:9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
- Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
- Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
- Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
- Daniel 4:24This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
- Daniel 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Hosea 7:16They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
- Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
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