Acts 17:24
Good News Translation
God, who made the world and everything in it, is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

New Revised Standard Version
The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,

Contemporary English Version
This God made the world and everything in it. He is Lord of heaven and earth, and he doesn't live in temples built by human hands.

New American Bible
The God who made the world and all that is in it, the Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands,

Douay-Rheims Bible
God, who made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

God, who made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.

that made.

Acts 17:26-28 And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times and the limits of their habitation. . . .

Acts 4:24 Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them.

Acts 14:15 And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them:

Psalm 146:5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Isaiah 40:12,28 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? . . .

Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Jeremiah 10:11 Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven.

Jeremiah 32:17 Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power, and thy stretched out arm: no word shall be hard to thee:

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man in him:

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God.

Hebrews 1:2 In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.

Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by some man: but he that created all things is God.

seeing.

Genesis 14:19,22 Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth. . . .

2 Kings 19:15 And he prayed in his sight, saying: O Lord God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kings of the earth: thou madest heaven and earth:

Psalm 24:1 On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.

Psalm 115:16 The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Psalm 148:13 For his name alone is exalted.

Jeremiah 23:24 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

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Matthew 5:34 But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven for it is the throne of God:

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

Luke 10:21 In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.

Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found for them

dwelleth.

Acts 7:48 Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:

1 Kings 8:27 Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

2 Chronicles 2:6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.

2 Chronicles 6:18 Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less this house, which I have built?

Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool: what is this house that you will build to me? and what is this place of my rest?

John 4:22,23 You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know. For salvation is of the Jews. . . .

Context
Paul Before the Areopagus
23For passing by and seeing your idols, I found an altar also, on which was written: To the Unknown God. What therefore you worship without knowing it, that I preach to you: 24God, who made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. 25Neither is he served with men's hands, as though he needed any thing: seeing it is he who giveth to all life and breath and all things:…
Cross References
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold heaven is the Lord's thy God, and the heaven of heaven, the earth and all things that are therein.

1 Kings 8:27
Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

Psalm 115:16
The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Isaiah 42:5
Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Malachi 2:10
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why then doth every one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?

Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

Acts 7:48
Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:

Acts 14:15
And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them:

Romans 1:19
Because that which is known of God is manifest in them. For God hath manifested it unto them.

Acts 17:23
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