Psalms 68:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the LORD will live there permanently!

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home. 14 He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
  • Heb 12:22-23 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly 23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
  • Rev 21:2-3 : 2 And I saw the holy city– the new Jerusalem– descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:“Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.
  • Isa 2:2 : 2 In the future the mountain of the LORD’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it,
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 The LORD said to him,“I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
  • Ps 87:1-2 : 1 Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The LORD’s city is in the holy hills. 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
  • Ps 114:4 : 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
  • Ps 114:6 : 6 Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?

Similar Verses (AI)

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    15The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks.

  • Ps 132:13-14
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    77%

    13Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

    14He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

  • Ps 68:17-18
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    77%

    17God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.

    18You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the LORD God lives there!

  • Ps 15:1
    77%

    1A psalm of David. LORD, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill?

  • Ps 114:6
    75%

    6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?

  • Ps 24:3
    75%

    3Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?

  • Ps 78:68-69
    2 verses
    74%

    68He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

    69He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

  • Isa 2:14
    74%

    14for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

  • Ps 87:1-2
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    1Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The LORD’s city is in the holy hills.

    2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

  • Ps 125:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved and will endure forever.

    2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forevermore.

  • Ps 48:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1A song, a psalm by the Korahites. The LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.

    2It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king.

    3God is in its fortresses; he reveals himself as its defender.

  • Isa 33:5
    72%

    5The LORD is exalted, indeed, he lives in heaven; he fills Zion with justice and fairness.

  • Ps 26:8
    72%

    8O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

  • Ps 76:2
    71%

    2He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion.

  • Ps 114:4
    71%

    4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

  • Ps 92:8
    71%

    8But you, O LORD, reign forever!

  • Ps 97:5
    71%

    5The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Ps 113:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4The LORD is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky.

    5Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?

  • Mic 4:1
    71%

    1Better Days Ahead for Jerusalem In the future the LORD’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it.

  • Hab 3:6
    71%

    6He took his battle position and shook the earth; with a mere look he frightened the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrated; the primeval hills were flattened. His are ancient roads.

  • Mic 1:3
    71%

    3Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

  • Ps 69:35
    71%

    35For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

  • Ps 84:1
    71%

    1For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies!

  • Ps 102:16
    71%

    16when the LORD rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,

  • Ps 102:19
    70%

    19For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth,

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    70%

    15with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;

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    70%

    9For you, O LORD, are the Most High over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.

  • Ps 72:3
    70%

    3The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.

  • Ps 27:4
    70%

    4I have asked the LORD for one thing– this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.

  • Isa 66:1
    70%

    1This is what the LORD says:“The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?

  • Ps 91:9
    70%

    9For you have taken refuge in the LORD, my shelter, the Most High.

  • Ps 76:4
    70%

    4You shine brightly and reveal your majesty, as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey.

  • Ps 104:32
    70%

    32He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

  • Ps 99:9
    70%

    9Praise the LORD our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the LORD our God is holy!

  • Acts 7:49
    70%

    49‘Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place?

  • Ps 104:8
    70%

    8as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down– to the place you appointed for them.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    69%

    18“God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • Ps 104:18
    69%

    18The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

  • Ps 132:5
    69%

    5until I find a place for the LORD, a fine dwelling place for the Powerful One of Jacob.”

  • Isa 57:7
    69%

    7On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices.

  • Ps 99:2
    69%

    2The LORD is elevated in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.

  • Ps 148:9
    69%

    9you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars,