Psalm 27:4

Modern English Version

One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek: 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 inquire in His temple.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David called upon the Lord. The Lord said, “There is blood guilt upon Saul and upon his house because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

Psalm 23:6

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence; thus will I go around Your altar, O  Lord,

Psalm 26:8

Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house, and the place where Your glory dwells.

Psalm 27:8

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, will I seek.”

Psalm 50:2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.

Psalm 65:4

Blessed is the man You choose and allow to approach You, that he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

Psalm 84:10

For a day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalm 84:4

Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they will still be praising You.   Selah

Psalm 90:17

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands among us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

Jeremiah 29:13

You shall seek Me and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart.

Daniel 9:3

I set my face toward the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! And cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; he is righteous and able to deliver, he is humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the offspring of a donkey.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

Luke 10:42

But one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken from her.”

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

Luke 18:1

He told them a parable to illustrate that it is necessary always to pray and not lose heart.

Luke 2:37

And she was a widow of about eighty-four years of age who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fasting and prayer night and day.

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:13

Brothers, I do not count myself to have attained, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

1 Timothy 5:5

Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him.

1 Samuel 1:11

So she made a vow and said, “O  Lord of Hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant, and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but will give to Your maidservant a baby boy, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”

1 Samuel 22:10

And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions. And he gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

1 Samuel 30:8

David inquired at the Lord, saying, “Should I pursue after this raiding party? Will I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue them, for you will surely overtake them and will surely recover all.”