Psalm 27:4

New Century Version

I ask only one thing from the Lord. This is what I want: Let me live in the Lord’s house all my life. Let me see the Lord’s beauty and look with my own eyes at his Temple.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

During the time David was king, there was a shortage of food that lasted for three years. So David prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered, “Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for this shortage, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

Psalm 23:6

Surely your goodness and love will be with me all my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to show I am innocent, and I come to your altar, Lord.

Psalm 26:8

Lord, I love the Temple where you live, where your glory is.

Psalm 27:8

My heart said of you, “Go, worship him.” So I come to worship you, Lord.

Psalm 50:2

God shines from Jerusalem, whose beauty is perfect.

Psalm 65:4

Happy are the people you choose and invite to stay in your court. We are filled with good things in your house, your holy Temple.

Psalm 84:10

One day in the courtyards of your Temple is better than a thousand days anywhere else. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the Temple of my God than live in the homes of the wicked.

Psalm 84:4

Happy are the people who live at your Temple; they are always praising you.Selah

Psalm 90:17

Lord our God, treat us well. Give us success in what we do; yes, give us success in what we do.

Jeremiah 29:13

You will search for me. And when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me!

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned to the Lord God and prayed and asked him for help. To show my sadness, I fasted, put on rough cloth, and sat in ashes.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, people of Jerusalem! Shout for joy, people of Jerusalem! Your king is coming to you. He does what is right, and he saves. He is gentle and riding on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey.

Matthew 6:33

Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.

Luke 10:42

Only one thing is important. Mary has chosen the better thing, and it will never be taken away from her.”

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus used this story to teach his followers that they should always pray and never lose hope.

Luke 2:37

Then her husband died, and she was a widow for eighty-four years. Anna never left the Temple but worshiped God, going without food and praying day and night.

2 Corinthians 3:18

Our faces, then, are not covered. We all show the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings ever greater glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God once said, “Let the light shine out of the darkness!” This is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts by letting us know the glory of God that is in the face of Christ.

Philippians 3:13

Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead,

1 Timothy 5:5

The true widow, who is all alone, puts her hope in God and continues to pray night and day for God’s help.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him.

1 Samuel 1:11

She made a promise, saying, “Lord All-Powerful, see how sad I am. Remember me and don’t forget me. If you will give me a son, I will give him back to you all his life, and no one will ever cut his hair with a razor.”

1 Samuel 22:10

Ahimelech prayed to the Lord for David and gave him food and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

1 Samuel 30:8

Then David asked the Lord, “Should I chase the people who took our families? Will I catch them?” The Lord answered, “Chase them. You will catch them, and you will succeed in saving your families.”