Psalm 27:4

Free Bible Version

I only ask the Lord for one thing: I just want to live in the house of the Lord throughout my life, contemplating the Lord's goodness and thinking about his Temple.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

Once during David's reign there was a famine for three years in a row, and David asked the Lord about it. The Lord replied, “It's because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

Psalm 23:6

I'm absolutely certain that your goodness and trustworthy love will be with me all through my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to show my innocence. I come to worship at your altar, Lord,

Psalm 26:8

Lord, I love your house, the place where you live in your glory.

Psalm 27:8

You told me, “Come to me.” I am coming to you, Lord.

Psalm 50:2

God shines out of Mount Zion, perfect in beauty.

Psalm 65:4

Happy are those you choose to keep close to you, those who live in your courts! We are delighted with the blessings we receive in your house, your holy Temple!

Psalm 84:10

One day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I'd rather stand as a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live comfortably in the homes of the wicked.

Psalm 84:4

How happy are those who live in your house—they are always praising you! Selah.

Psalm 90:17

May our Lord God be pleased with us, blessing what we do, blessing what we do.

Jeremiah 29:13

You will look for me and you will find me when you're completely committed to looking for me.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God in prayer. I fasted and wore sackcloth and ashes, and I pleaded with him in prayer to act.

Zechariah 9:9

Be happy and celebrate, people of Zion! Shout loudly, people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He does what is right and has salvation; he is humble, riding on a donkey—on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Matthew 6:33

Seek his kingdom first, and his way of living right, and everything will be given to you.

Luke 10:42

But only one thing is really necessary. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it shall not be taken away from her.”

Luke 13:24

“Try very hard to enter the narrow doorway, because I tell you that many will try to go in, and won't succeed.

Luke 18:1

Jesus told them this story to encourage them to pray at all times, and not to become discouraged.

Luke 2:37

and then she had been widowed. She was eighty-four years old. She spent her time at the Temple in worship, fasting and praying.

2 Corinthians 3:18

So all of us, with our faces unveiled, see and reflect the glory of the Lord as in a mirror. We are being transformed into the same mirror image, whose glory grows brighter and brighter. This is what the Lord the Spirit does.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, “Let light shine out of the darkness,” shone in our minds to illuminate the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:13

My friends, I don't consider that I've already won, but this is my one objective: disregarding what is behind me, I strain forward to what is in front of me.

1 Timothy 5:5

Now a real widow, having no family, alone and without support, puts her hope in God and prays for help night and day.

Hebrews 11:6

You can't expect God to be pleased with you if you don't trust him! Anyone who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who are searching for him.

1 Samuel 1:11

She made a vow, asking, “Lord Almighty, if only you would pay attention to the suffering of your servant and remember me, and not forget me but give me a son, then I will dedicate him to the Lord for his whole life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”

1 Samuel 22:10

Ahimelech asked advice from the Lord for him and gave him food. He gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine as well.”

1 Samuel 30:8

David asked the Lord, “Should I chase after these raiders? Will I catch up with them?” “Yes, chase after them,” the Lord replied, “for you will definitely catch up with them and rescue the prisoners.”