Psalm 27:4

New American Bible - revised edition

One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek: To dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, To gaze on the Lord’s beauty, to visit his temple.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

In David’s time there was a famine for three years, year after year. David sought the presence of the Lord, who said: There is bloodguilt on Saul and his family because he put the Gibeonites to death.

Psalm 23:6

Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the Lord for endless days.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence so that I may process around your altar, Lord,

Psalm 26:8

Lord, I love the refuge of your house, the site of the dwelling-place of your glory.

Psalm 27:8

“Come,” says my heart, “seek his face”; your face, Lord, do I seek!

Psalm 50:2

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

Psalm 65:4

with its burden of wicked deeds. We are overcome by our sins; only you can pardon them.

Psalm 84:10

O God, watch over our shield; look upon the face of your anointed.

Psalm 84:4

As the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest to settle her young, My home is by your altars, Lord of hosts, my king and my God!

Psalm 90:17

May the favor of the Lord our God be ours. Prosper the work of our hands! Prosper the work of our hands!

Jeremiah 29:13

When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with all your heart,

Daniel 9:3

I turned to the Lord God, to seek help, in prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Zechariah 9:9

Exult greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides.

Luke 10:42

There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.

Luke 18:1

Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said,

Luke 2:37

and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.

2 Corinthians 3:18

All of us, gazing with unveiled face on the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of [Jesus] Christ. The Paradox of the Ministry.

Philippians 3:13

Brothers, I for my part do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead,

1 Timothy 5:5

The real widow, who is all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

Hebrews 11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please him, for anyone who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

1 Samuel 1:11

and made this vow: “O Lord of hosts, if you look with pity on the hardship of your servant, if you remember me and do not forget me, if you give your handmaid a male child, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life. No razor shall ever touch his head.”

1 Samuel 22:10

He consulted the Lord for him, furnished him with provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.” Slaughter of the Priests.

1 Samuel 30:8

David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue these raiders? Can I overtake them?” The Lord answered him: Go in pursuit, for you will certainly overtake them and bring about a rescue. Raid on the Amalekites.