Psalms 84:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 27:4 : 4 I 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.
  • Ps 26:8-9 : 8 O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed. 9 Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people, 10 who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.
  • Ps 63:2 : 2 Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.
  • Ps 141:4-5 : 4 Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies. 5 May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
  • Ps 17:14-15 : 14 LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring. 15 As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.
  • Phil 3:20 : 20 But our citizenship is in heaven– and we also eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Rom 8:5-6 : 5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. 6 For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,
  • Ps 43:3-4 : 3 Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live. 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.
  • Luke 2:46 : 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
  • Ps 84:1-2 : 1 For 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! 2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
  • Jas 2:3 : 3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,“You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person,“You stand over there,” or“Sit on the floor”?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 27:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 I 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.

    5 He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

  • 2 who serve in the LORD’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.

  • Ps 84:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1 For 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!

    2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

    3 Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my king and my God.

    4 How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually!(Selah)

    5 How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

  • 4 How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house– your holy palace.

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

  • Ps 84:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

    12 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, how blessed are those who trust in you!

  • 9 O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!

  • 71%

    7 But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

  • Ps 118:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19 Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

    20 This is the LORD’s gate– the godly enter through it.

  • Ps 122:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me,“We will go to the LORD’s temple.”

    2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

  • 19 in the courts of the LORD’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

  • 6 Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days, and I will live in the LORD’s house for the rest of my life.

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

  • Ps 118:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.

    9 It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in princes.

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

  • 72 The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

  • 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

  • 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!

  • 25 Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

  • 9 For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God I will pray for you to prosper.

  • 6 I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

  • 1 Rash Vows(4:17) Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.

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

  • 4 Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.

  • 16 But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken.

  • 54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

  • 1 Book 4(Psalms 90-106) A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

  • 24 This is the day the LORD has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it.

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

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    1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

  • 7 Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

  • 4 I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings.(Selah)

  • 9 I will serve the LORD in the land of the living.

  • 7 Let us go to his dwelling place! Let us worship before his footstool!

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

  • 8 I constantly trust in the LORD; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

  • 12 I am safe, and among the worshipers I will praise the LORD.

  • 164 Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.

  • 10 They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

  • 11 You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

  • 1 A song of ascents. Attention! Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who serve in the LORD’s temple during the night.