Psalm 132:14
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14 “This is my resting place forever;
here I will reside, for I have desired it.
Psalm 132:8
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8 Rise up, O Lord, and go to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.(A)
Isaiah 12:6
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6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal[a] Zion,
for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”(A)
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- 12.6 Or O inhabitant of
Psalm 135:21
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21 Blessed be the Lord from Zion,
he who resides in Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!(A)
Psalm 87:2
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2 the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.(A)
Psalm 76:2
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2 His abode has been established in Salem,
his dwelling place in Zion.(A)
1 Kings 8:13
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13 I have built you an exalted house,
a place for you to dwell forever.”(A)
Zephaniah 3:17
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17 The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
a warrior who gives victory;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will renew you[a] in his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing(A)
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- 3.17 Gk Syr: Heb he will be silent
Isaiah 8:18
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18 See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.(A)
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Psalm 68:18
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18 You ascended the high mount,
leading captives in your train
and receiving gifts from people,
even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there.(A)
Matthew 23:21
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21 and whoever swears by the sanctuary swears by it and by the one who dwells in it,
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Isaiah 66:1
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The Worship God Demands
66 Thus says the Lord:
Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
so what kind of house could you build for me,
what sort of place for me to rest?(A)
Isaiah 57:15
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15 For thus says the high and lofty one
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place
and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(A)
Isaiah 11:10
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Return of the Remnant of Israel and Judah
10 On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.(A)
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Revelation 21:23
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23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.(A)
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Hebrews 12:22
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22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,(A)
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Ephesians 2:22
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22 in whom you also are built together spiritually[a] into a dwelling place for God.
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- 2.22 Gk in the Spirit
Joel 3:21
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- 3.21 Gk Syr: Heb I will hold innocent their blood that I have not held innocent
Psalm 68:16
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16 Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
where the Lord will reside forever?(A)
1 Kings 8:27
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27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!(A)
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