Psalms 27:4

American Standard Version (1901)

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

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  • Ps 26:8 : 8 Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
  • Ps 23:6 : 6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.
  • Ps 65:4 : 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee], That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Ps 63:2-5 : 2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee. 4 So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
  • Ps 84:4 : 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. {{Selah
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 [ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Phil 3:13 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
  • Ps 90:17 : 17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him] ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
  • Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
  • Jer 29:13 : 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • Ps 50:2 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
  • 1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby] , 14 and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
  • 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and shalt without fail recover [all] .
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 26:8
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    8Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.

  • Ps 27:5
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    5For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.

  • Ps 27:7-8
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    7Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

    8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

  • Ps 23:6
    76%

    6Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

  • Ps 73:25
    75%

    25Whom have I in heaven [but thee] ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

  • Ps 84:10
    75%

    10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

  • Ps 132:13-14
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    74%

    13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

    14This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.

  • Ps 65:4
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    4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee], That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.

  • Ps 63:2
    73%

    2So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.

  • Ps 5:7
    73%

    7But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

  • Jonah 2:4
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    4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

  • Ps 84:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1[For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah]. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

    2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

  • Ps 122:9
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    9For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

  • Ps 84:4
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    4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. {{Selah

  • Ps 15:1
    72%

    1[A Psalm of David]. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27For thou, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. [

  • Ps 17:15
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    15As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.

  • Ps 132:5
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    5Until I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

  • Ps 27:3
    71%

    3Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.

  • Ps 37:4
    71%

    4Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

  • Ps 61:4
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    4I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. {{Selah

  • 1 Chr 17:5
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    5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another] .

  • 1 Kgs 8:27-28
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    27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

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    10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

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    16For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

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    25For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found [in his heart] to pray before thee.

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    4Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

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    16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

  • Ps 68:16
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    16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.

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    40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.

  • Ps 140:6
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    6I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
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    16Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

  • Isa 26:9
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    9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • Ps 101:2
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    2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

  • Ps 116:19
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    19In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.

  • Ps 16:11
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    11Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  • 1 Chr 17:23
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    23And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

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    4Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

  • Ps 122:1
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    1[A Song of Ascents; of David]. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.

  • Ps 23:1
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    1[A Psalm of David]. Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

  • 2 Sam 23:5
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    5Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.

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    4I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

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    8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

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    2Ye that stand in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of the house of our God.

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    1[Michtam of David]. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.

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    1I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.