Psalms 68:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:5 : 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;
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 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.
  • Heb 12:22-23 : 22 But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered, 23 To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
  • Rev 21:2-3 : 2 And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband. 3 And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.
  • Isa 2:2 : 2 And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
  • Ps 87:1-2 : 1 <Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.> This house is resting on the holy mountain. 2 The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.
  • Ps 114:4 : 4 The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.
  • Ps 114:6 : 6 You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 68:15
    85%

    15A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan.

  • Ps 132:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Ps 68:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.

    18You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

  • Ps 15:1
    77%

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

  • Ps 114:6
    75%

    6You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

  • Ps 24:3
    75%

    3Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?

  • Ps 78:68-69
    2 verses
    74%

    68But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

    69And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.

  • Isa 2:14
    74%

    14And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;

  • Ps 87:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1<Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.> This house is resting on the holy mountain.

    2The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.

  • Ps 125:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1<A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

    2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.

  • Ps 48:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1<A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

    2Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King.

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

  • Isa 33:5
    72%

    5The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.

  • Ps 26:8
    72%

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

  • Ps 76:2
    71%

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

  • Ps 114:4
    71%

    4The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.

  • Ps 92:8
    71%

    8But you, O Lord, are on high for ever.

  • Ps 97:5
    71%

    5The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth.

  • Ps 113:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.

    5Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,

  • Mic 4:1
    71%

    1But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it.

  • Hab 3:6
    71%

    6From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal.

  • Mic 1:3
    71%

    3For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

  • Ps 69:35
    71%

    35For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

  • 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 102:16
    71%

    16When the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has been been in his glory;

  • Ps 102:19
    70%

    19For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;

  • Deut 33:15
    70%

    15And the chief things of the oldest mountains, and the good things of the eternal hills,

  • Ps 97:9
    70%

    9For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are lifted up over all other gods.

  • Ps 72:3
    70%

    3May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

  • Ps 27:4
    70%

    4One 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.

  • Isa 66:1
    70%

    1The 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?

  • Ps 91:9
    70%

    9Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;

  • Ps 76:4
    70%

    4You are shining and full of glory, more than the eternal mountains.

  • Ps 104:32
    70%

    32At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.

  • Ps 99:9
    70%

    9Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

  • Acts 7:49
    70%

    49Heaven 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?

  • Ps 104:8
    70%

    8The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    69%

    18But 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:

  • Ps 104:18
    69%

    18The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.

  • Ps 132:5
    69%

    5Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

  • Isa 57:7
    69%

    7You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering.

  • Ps 99:2
    69%

    2The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.

  • Ps 148:9
    69%

    9Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains: