Psalm 87:2

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to dwell there, and I have selected David to be over My people Israel.’

Isaiah 14:32

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.

Isaiah 2:2

In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow to it.

Joel 2:32

And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors whom the Lord calls.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you must seek only the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to establish His name, and there you must go.