Acts 7:49
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Context
This verse from Acts Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin rehearses Israel's history of rejecting God's messengers: Joseph, Moses, and now the Righteous One. 'You are just like your fathers; you always resist the Holy Spirit.' He sees the Son of Man standing at God's …
Other Translations
The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?
The heaven <FI>is<Fi> My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what <FI>is<Fi> the place of My rest?
Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?
Cross References
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and …
Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that …
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill …
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I …
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of …
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great …
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and …
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the …
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be …
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.