Psalm 65:4
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4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near
to live in your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
your holy temple.(A)
Psalm 84:4
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4 Happy are those who live in your house,
ever singing your praise. Selah(A)
Ephesians 1:4
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4 just as he chose us in Christ[a] before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.(A)
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- 1.4 Gk in him
Psalm 23:6
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6 Surely[a] goodness and mercy[b] shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
my whole life long.[c](A)
Psalm 106:4-5
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4 Remember us,[a] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
help us[b] when you deliver them,(A)
5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that we may glory in your heritage.(B)
Psalm 36:8
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8 They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.(A)
Psalm 33:12
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12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.(A)
Psalm 4:3
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3 But know that the Lord has set apart the faithful for himself;
the Lord hears when I call to him.(A)
Revelation 3:12
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12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:25
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25 I will satisfy the weary,
and all who are faint I will replenish.(A)
Psalm 63:5
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- 63.5 Heb with fat and fatness
Revelation 21:3-4
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3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“See, the home[a] of God is among mortals.
He will dwell[b] with them;
they will be his peoples,[c]
and God himself will be with them and be their God;[d](A)
4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for[e] the first things have passed away.”(B)
Psalm 78:70-71
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70 He chose his servant David
and took him from the sheepfolds;(A)
71 from tending the nursing ewes he brought him
to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of Israel, his inheritance.(B)
Psalm 24:7
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7 Lift up your heads, O gates!
and be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in!(A)
Psalm 17:15
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15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.(A)
Psalm 15:1
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Psalm 15
Who Shall Abide in God’s Sanctuary?
A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, who may abide in your tent?
Who may dwell on your holy hill?(A)
Jeremiah 31:12-14
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12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord,
over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
their life shall become like a watered garden,
and they shall never languish again.(A)
13 Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.[a]
I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow.(B)
14 I will give the priests their fill of fatness,
and my people shall be satisfied with my bounty,
says the Lord.(C)
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- 31.13 Cn: Heb old together
Revelation 7:16-17
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16 They will hunger no more and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat,(A)
17 for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(B)
2 Thessalonians 2:13
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Chosen for Salvation
13 But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits[a] for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.(A)
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- 2.13 Other ancient authorities read from the beginning
Psalm 135:4
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4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his own possession.(A)
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