2 Chronicles 7:16

New American Bible - revised edition

now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart shall be there always.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:16

Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city out of any tribe of Israel for the building of a house, that my name might be there; but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.

1 Kings 8:35

“When the heavens are closed, so that there is no rain, because they have sinned against you, but they pray toward this place and praise your name, and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,

1 Kings 8:44

“When your people go out to war against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the house I have built for your name,

1 Kings 8:48

if with their whole heart and soul they turn back to you in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, the city you have chosen, and the house I have built for your name,

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him: I have heard the prayer of petition which you offered in my presence. I have consecrated this house which you have built and I set my name there forever; my eyes and my heart shall be there always.

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said: In Jerusalem I will set my name.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; stretch out your hands to the Lord and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord, your God, that he may turn his burning anger from you.

2 Chronicles 6:20

May your eyes be open day and night toward this house, the place where you have decreed your name shall be; listen to the prayer your servant makes toward this place.

2 Chronicles 7:12

The Lord appeared to Solomon during the night and said to him: I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for my house of sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 7:15

Now, therefore, my eyes shall be open and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place;

2 Chronicles 7:17

As for you, if you walk before me as David your father did, doing all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and ordinances,

Psalm 132:13

Yes, the Lord has chosen Zion, desired it for a dwelling:

Psalm 132:14

“This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I desire it.

Zechariah 3:2

And the angel of the Lord said to the adversary, “May the Lord rebuke you, O adversary; may the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

Matthew 3:17

And a voice came from the heavens, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Deuteronomy 12:21

and if the place where the Lord, your God, chooses to put his name is too far, you may slaughter in the manner I have commanded you any of your herd or flock that the Lord has given you, and eat it freely in your own community.

Deuteronomy 16:11

You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord, your God, together with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow among you, in the place which the Lord, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name.

Colossians 2:9

For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily,