Topic
House of God
28 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Corinthians 3:17ISBE · Nave Holy
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
- Genesis 28:17ISBE
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
- Genesis 28:22ISBE
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
- Judges 18:31ISBE
And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
- Judges 20:18ISBE
¶ And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
- Judges 20:26ISBE
¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 9:11ISBE
And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
- 1 Chronicles 24:5ISBE
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
- 2 Chronicles 5:14ISBE
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
- Ezra 5:8ISBE
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
- Ezra 5:15ISBE
And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
- Nehemiah 6:10ISBE
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea,…
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- Nehemiah 13:11 ISBE
- Psalms 42:4 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 Nave Holy
- Isaiah 2:3 ISBE
- Isaiah 62:9 Nave Holy
- Ezekiel 43:12 Nave Holy
- Matthew 12:4 ISBE
- Matthew 21:13 Nave A place of prayer
- Mark 11:17 Nave A place of prayer
- Luke 19:46 Nave A place of prayer
- 1 Corinthians 3:9 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 3:15 ISBE
- Hebrews 10:21 ISBE
- 1 Peter 2:5 ISBE
- 1 Peter 4:17 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 22 references
In Ge 28:17,22 = BETHEL (which see). In Jgs, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezr, Neh, Ps, etc. (beth ha-'elohim), a designation of the sanctuary = "house of Yahweh" (of the tabernacle, Jud 18:31; 20:18,26 the King James Version; of the temple, 1Ch 9:11; 24:5 the King James Version; 2Ch 5:14; Ps 42:4; Isa 2:3, etc.; of the 2nd temple, Ezr 5:8,15; Ne 6:10; 13:11; compare Mt 12:4). Spiritually, in the New Testament, the "house of God" (oikos theou) is the church or community of believers (1Ti 3:15; Heb 10:21; 1Pe 4:17; compare 1Co 3:9,16,17; 1Pe 2:5).
In the topical indexes
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.