Psalm 68:16

New Century Version

Why do you mountains with many peaks look with envy on the mountain that God chose for his home? The Lord will live there forever.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and what you have asked me to do. You built this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. I will be worshiped there forever and will watch over it and protect it always.

Psalm 114:4

The mountains danced like sheep and the hills like little lambs.

Psalm 114:6

Mountains, why did you dance like sheep? Hills, why did you dance like little lambs?

Isaiah 2:2

In the last days the mountain on which the Lord’s Temple stands will become the most important of all mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and people from all nations will come streaming to it.

Deuteronomy 12:11

Then the Lord your God will choose a place where he is to be worshiped. To that place you must bring everything I tell you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your offerings of a tenth of what you gain, your special gifts, and all your best things you promised to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5

but look for the place the Lord your God will choose—a place among your tribes where he is to be worshiped. Go there,