Psalm 84:10
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10 For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness.(A)
Psalm 27:4
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4 One thing I asked of the Lord;
this I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in his temple.(A)
Psalm 26:8-10
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8 O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell
and the place where your glory abides.(A)
9 Do not sweep me away with sinners
nor my life with the bloodthirsty,(B)
10 those in whose hands are evil devices
and whose right hands are full of bribes.(C)
Psalm 63:2
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2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.(A)
Philippians 3:20
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20 But our citizenship[a] is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 8:5-6
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5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit[a] set their minds on the things of the Spirit.[b](A) 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit[c] is life and peace.(B)
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Psalm 84:1-2
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Psalm 84
The Joy of Worship in the Temple
To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!(A)
2 My soul longs, indeed it faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God.(B)
Psalm 141:4-5
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4 Do not turn my heart to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity;
do not let me eat of their delicacies.(A)
5 Let the righteous strike me;
let the faithful correct me.
Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,[a]
for my prayer is continually[b] against their wicked deeds.(B)
Psalm 17:14-15
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14 from mortals—by your hand, O Lord—
from mortals whose portion in life is in this world.
May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
may their children have more than enough;
may they leave something over to their little ones.(A)
15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.(B)
Psalm 43:3-4
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3 O send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling.(A)
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.(B)
James 2:3
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3 and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Have a seat here in a good place, please,” while to the one who is poor you say, “Stand there,” or, “Sit by my footstool,”(A)
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Luke 2:46
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46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
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