1 Kings 12:27
If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord's temple in Jerusalem, their loyalty could shift to their former master, King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah."
Deuteronomy 12:5-7
But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
Deuteronomy 12:14
for you may do so only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas -- there you may do everything I am commanding you.
Genesis 12:12-13
When the Egyptians see you they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.
Genesis 26:7
When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, "She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife," for he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful."
Deuteronomy 16:2
You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.
Deuteronomy 16:6
but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.
1 Kings 8:29-30
Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant's prayer for this place.
1 Kings 8:44
"When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,
1 Kings 11:32
He will retain one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."