2 Chronicles 7:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

because it belongs to me, and this is where I will be worshipped for ever. I will never stop watching over it.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:35

Suppose your people sin against you, and you punish them by holding back the rain. If they turn towards this temple and pray in your name and stop sinning,

1 Kings 8:44

Our LORD, sometimes you will order your people to attack their enemies. Then your people will turn towards this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, and they will pray to you.

1 Kings 9:3

The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshipped for ever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.

2 Kings 21:4

In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshipped, Manasseh built altars for pagan gods

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. Decide now to obey the LORD our God! Come to Jerusalem and worship him in the temple that will belong to him for ever. Then he will stop being angry,

2 Chronicles 6:20

This is the temple where you have chosen to be worshipped. Please watch over it day and night and listen when I turn towards it and pray.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Some time later, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream and said: I heard your prayer, and I have chosen this temple as the place where sacrifices will be offered to me.

2 Chronicles 7:15

I will hear the prayers made in this temple,

2 Chronicles 7:17

Your father David obeyed me, and now, Solomon, you must do the same. Obey my laws and teachings,

Psalm 132:13

You have gladly chosen Zion as your home, our LORD.

Psalm 132:14

You said, “This is my home! I will live here for ever.

Zechariah 3:2

But the LORD said, “Satan, you are wrong. Jerusalem is my chosen city, and this man was rescued like a stick from a flaming fire.”

Matthew 3:17

Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him.”

Colossians 2:9

God lives fully in Christ.