Psalms 27:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Ps 26:8 : 8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
  • Ps 23:6 : 6 Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.
  • Ps 65:4 : 4 Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
  • Ps 63:2-5 : 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place. 3 Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise. 4 So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name. 5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
  • Ps 84:4 : 4 Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
  • Phil 3:13 : 13 Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
  • Ps 90:17 : 17 Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
  • Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you. 10 For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
  • Jer 29:13 : 13 And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you: 8 Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
  • Ps 50:2 : 2 From Zion, most beautiful of places, God has sent out his light.
  • 1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit, 14 And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.
  • 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.

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