Psalms 68:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:5 : 5 ¶ But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation. 14 This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
  • Heb 12:22-23 : 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  • Rev 21:2-3 : 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.
  • Isa 2:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
  • Ps 87:1-2 : 1 ¶ A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
  • Ps 114:4 : 4 The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.
  • Ps 114:6 : 6 Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 15 ¶ The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as] the hill of Bashan.

  • Ps 132:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.

    14 This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  • Ps 68:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].

    18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them].

  • 1 ¶ A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

  • 6 Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs?

  • 3 ¶ Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

  • Ps 78:68-69
    2 verses
    74%

    68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

    69 And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever.

  • 14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up,

  • Ps 87:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 ¶ A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.

    2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

  • Ps 125:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 ¶ A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.

    2 As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

  • Ps 48:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 ¶ A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.

    2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

    3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

  • 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

  • 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

  • 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

  • 4 The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.

  • 8 But thou, LORD, [art most] high for evermore.

  • 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Ps 113:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 The LORD [is] high above all nations, [and] his glory above the heavens.

    5 Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,

  • 1 ¶ But in the last days it shall come to pass, [that] the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

  • 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.

  • 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

  • 35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

  • 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

  • 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

  • 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

  • 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

  • 9 For thou, LORD, [art] high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

  • 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

  • 4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

  • 1 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?

  • 9 ¶ Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;

  • 4 Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of prey.

  • 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

  • 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy.

  • 49 Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?

  • 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

  • 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

  • 18 The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.

  • 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.

  • 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

  • 2 The LORD [is] great in Zion; and he [is] high above all the people.

  • 9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: