'House' in the Bible

But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house,At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.

Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

O Lord, I love the habitation of Your houseAnd the place where Your glory dwells.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,To behold the beauty of the LordAnd to meditate in His temple.

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:Forget your people and your father’s house;

Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich,When the glory of his house is increased;

“I shall take no young bull out of your houseNor male goats out of your folds.

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

We who had sweet fellowship togetherWalked in the house of God in the throng.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to YouTo dwell in Your courts.We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,Your holy temple.

I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings;I shall pay You my vows,

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

The bird also has found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,My King and my God.

How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!They are ever praising You. Selah.

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my GodThan dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Planted in the house of the Lord,They will flourish in the courts of our God.

Your testimonies are fully confirmed;Holiness befits Your house,O Lord, forevermore.

He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

I will give heed to the blameless way.When will You come to me?I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

He made him lord of his houseAnd ruler over all his possessions,

Wealth and riches are in his house,And his righteousness endures forever.

He makes the barren woman abide in the houseAs a joyful mother of children.Praise the Lord!

When Israel went forth from Egypt,The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;He is their help and their shield.

The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us;He will bless the house of Israel;He will bless the house of Aaron.

In the courts of the Lord’s house,In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.Praise the Lord!

Oh let the house of Aaron say,“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.

Your statutes are my songsIn the house of my pilgrimage.

A Song of Ascents, of David.I was glad when they said to me,“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

For there thrones were set for judgment,The thrones of the house of David.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,I will seek your good.

A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.Unless the Lord builds the house,They labor in vain who build it;Unless the Lord guards the city,The watchman keeps awake in vain.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vineWithin your house,Your children like olive plantsAround your table.

“Surely I will not enter my house,Nor lie on my bed;

A Song of Ascents.Behold, bless the Lord, all servants of the Lord,Who serve by night in the house of the Lord!

You who stand in the house of the Lord,In the courts of the house of our God!

O house of Israel, bless the Lord;O house of Aaron, bless the Lord;

O house of Levi, bless the Lord;You who revere the Lord, bless the Lord.