Psalms 132:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 22:7 : 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.
  • Eph 2:22 : 22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
  • 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
  • Acts 7:46-49 : 46 Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon was the builder of his house. 48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says, 49 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?
  • 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!
  • 1 Chr 15:3 : 3 And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it.
  • 1 Chr 15:12 : 12 And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

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    83%

    6 We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood.

    7 Let us go into his tent; let us give worship at his feet.

    8 Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place; you and the ark of your strength.

  • Ps 132:2-4
    3 verses
    81%

    2 How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying,

    3 Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed,

    4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs,

  • Ps 132:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

    14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

  • 1 Chr 17:5-6
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    5 For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

    6 In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • Acts 7:46
    75%

    46 Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

  • Ps 26:8
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    8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-6
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    73%

    5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

    6 For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

  • Num 24:5
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    5 How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your houses, O Israel!

  • Gen 28:16
    73%

    16 And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

  • Ps 76:2
    72%

    2 In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    72%

    2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    72%

    1 And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

  • Ps 27:4-5
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    71%

    4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

    5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

  • 2 Sam 7:10
    71%

    10 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

  • Ps 84:1
    71%

    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

  • Ps 15:1
    71%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill?

  • Ps 75:9
    71%

    9 But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of praise to the God of Jacob.

  • 1 Kgs 8:21
    71%

    21 In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ps 61:4
    71%

    4 I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

  • Prov 7:15
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    15 So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.

  • 1 Chr 17:9
    71%

    9 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,

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    9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.

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    8 O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    70%

    13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

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    70%

    5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

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    5 Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    70%

    5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    70%

    4 But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • Ps 48:3
    70%

    3 In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    70%

    27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

  • Gen 28:21
    70%

    21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,

  • Exod 25:8
    70%

    8 And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.

  • Isa 62:7
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    7 And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.

  • Job 23:3
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    3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

  • 2 Chr 6:5
    70%

    5 From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    70%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

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    69%

    17 There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.

  • Ps 68:16
    69%

    16 Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

  • Gen 28:11
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    11 And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

  • Ps 20:1
    69%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;

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    5 But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    69%

    18 But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made: