1 Kings 12:27
If these people keep going up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the LORD there, the hearts of these people will return to their lord, King Rehoboam of Judah. Then they'll kill me and return to Rehoboam, king of Judah!"
Deuteronomy 12:5-7
Instead, you must seek to enter only the place that the LORD your God will choose among your tribes. There he will establish his name and live.
Deuteronomy 12:14
instead of at the place the LORD will choose in one of the tribal areas. There you may offer burnt offerings, and there you may do everything that I'm commanding you."
Genesis 12:12-13
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, "She is his wife.' Then they'll kill me, but allow you to live.
Genesis 26:7
Later on, the men of that place asked about his wife, so he replied, "She's my sister," because he was afraid to call her "my wife." He kept thinking, ""otherwise, the men around here will kill me on account of Rebekah, since she's very beautiful."
Deuteronomy 16:2
Then sacrifice sheep and cattle for the Passover to the LORD your God at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.
Deuteronomy 16:6
But at the place where your God will choose to establish his name, you are to sacrifice the Passover in the evening at dusk, at the time of day you left Egypt.
1 Kings 8:29-30
Let your eyes always look toward this Temple night and day, toward the location where you have said "My name will reside there.' Listen to the prayer that your servant prays in this direction.
1 Kings 8:44
"When your people go out to war against their enemies, no matter what way you send them, and they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city that you have chosen and in the direction of the Temple that I have built for your name,
1 Kings 11:32
"Pay attention! I'm going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's control and give you ten tribes. I'll leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and one tribe for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I chose from all of the tribes of Israel.
Proverbs 29:25
Fearing any human being is a trap, but confiding in the LORD keeps anyone safe.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."