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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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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Jeremiah 7:4
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4 Do not trust in these deceptive words: “This is[a] the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.”
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Matthew 5:34
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34 But I say to you: Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,(A)
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Matthew 5:35
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35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
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Acts 7:49
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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?(A)
Acts 7:50
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50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
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