1 Kings 8
Treated in 18 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 8:38 whatever prayer or plea for mercy is made by anyone among all your people Israel, each one knowing the affliction of their own heart and spreading out their hands toward this house, 4
- 8:46 When they sin against you (and there is no one who never sins), and you are angry with them and hand them over to an enemy, and their captors take them away as prisoners to the enemy's land, whether far away or near, 4
- 8:27 But will God really live on earth? Heaven itself, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this house that I have built! 3
- 8:56 "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised. Of all the good promises he made through his servant Moses, not one word has failed. 2
- 8:10 As the priests were coming out of the holy place, the house of the LORD was filled by the cloud. 1
- 8:12 Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. 1
- 8:22 Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the LORD, in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven. 1
- 8:23 He said, "The LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heavens above or on the earth beneath. You keep your covenant and show faithful love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart, 1
- 8:47 and they come to their senses in the land where they have been taken captive, and they turn back and plead with you in the land of those who took them captive, saying, 'We have sinned; we have done wrong and acted wickedly,' 1
- 8:48 if they return to you with all their heart and all their soul in the land of their enemies who carried them off, and pray to you facing their land, which you gave to their ancestors, the city you chose, and the house I built for your name, 1
- 8:49 then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause, 1
- 8:50 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all the rebellious acts they have committed against you. Grant them compassion in the sight of their captors, so that they will be merciful to them, 1
- 8:58 so that he may turn our hearts toward him, and we may walk in all his ways and keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rulings, which he commanded our ancestors. 1
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Where it is preached
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The mortification of sin in particular described cites 1 Kings viii. 38
…a way for their mortification. This is every man’s “knowing the plague of his own heart,” 1 Kings viii. 38, without which no other work can be done. It is to be feared that very many have little…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites 1 Kings 8: 22
…the altar of the Lord; and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee.’ 1 Kings 8: 22, 23. ‘For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Preface: Sections IX–XXVII cites 1 Kings viii. 27
…that He dwells with us in Heaven. Whereas, “the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain Him,” (1 Kings viii. 27.); or, they are not worthy. But, as I said before, you, according to your custom, thus…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
What It Is to Mortify a Sin cites 1 KINGS 8:38
…know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house. 1 KINGS 8:38 It means studying the enemy’s ways: what occasions it uses, what excuses it offers, what…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 3 — Every Thing Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable cites 1 Kings 8:58
…Lord may “incline our hearts unto him, to walk in his ways, and keep his commandments” (1 Kings 8:58); intimating that our heart is perverse, and naturally indulges in rebellion against the…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
September cites 1 Kings viii. 12
…September 18 Then spake Solomon . . . I have surely built thee an house to dwell in. 1 Kings viii. 12, 13. Solomon, the prince of peace, alone could build the temple. If we would be…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 7 — The Law Given, Not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until His Advent cites 1 Kings 8:46
…bears clear testimony to this effect: “There is no man that sinneth not,” saith Solomon (1 Kings 8:46). David says, “In thy sight shall no man living be justified,” (Psalm 143:2). Job also…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith cites 1 KINGS 8:56
…to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise. 1 KINGS 8:56 Reading the cheque correctly The picture of a cheque also contains its own caution, and…
- The Big Story ·
The Kingdom Splits cites 1 Kings 8:10
…happened that had happened at the tabernacle: “the cloud filled the house of the LORD” (1 Kings 8:10). God’s presence had a permanent home among His people. Yet Solomon knew no building…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.2 Repentance cites 1 Kings 8: 38
…defiles the soul’s glory; it is like a stain to beauty. It is compared to a plague-sore. 1 Kings 8: 38. Nothing so changes one’s glory into shame as sin. Without repentance sin tends to final…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites 1 Kings 8:46
…the objectors, “Solomon does assert plainly, ‘There is no man that sinneth not;’ (1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chron. 6:36; ) yea, “There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites 1 Kings 8:46
…which serve to keep us humble: “There is no man that sinneth not,” saith Scripture (1 Kings 8:46). What righteousness then can men obtain by their works? First, I say, that the best…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Being of God cites I Kings 8:27
…inclusa aut exclusa [In no place is God’s Being either confined or excluded]. Augustine. I Kings 8:27. ‘Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee.’ The Turks build their…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Truth of God cites I Kings 8:56
…in making good his promises. ‘There has not failed one word of all his good promise.’ I Kings 8:56. The promise is God’s bond; God’s truth is the seal set to his bond. There are two things…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Covenant of Works cites I Kings 8:38
…Sin in Scripture is compared to a ‘menstruous cloth,’ Isa 30:22, and to a ‘plague-sore.’ I Kings 8:38. Joshua’s filthy garments, in which he stood before the angel, were nothing but a type…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 17 — The Promises of the Law and the Gospel Reconciled cites 1 Kings 8:23
…covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart,” (1 Kings 8:23). The same words are repeated by Nehemiah (Neh. 1:5). As the Lord in all covenants of…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites 1 Kings 8:27
…of boundaries. Hence Solomon confesses, “The heaven of heavens cannot contain thee,” (1 Kings 8:27); and he himself says by the Prophet, “The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 1 Kings 8:46-50
…against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee” (1 Kings 8:46-50). Nor in vain in the Law did God ordain a daily sacrifice for sins. Had he not foreseen…