Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

Bible References

Have i chosen

Deuteronomy 12:21
If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of your herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
Deuteronomy 16:11
Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.
1 Kings 8:16
“Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt,
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that My name would be there.
But I have chosen David to rule My people Israel.”
Psalm 132:14
“This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.
Zechariah 3:2
The Lord said to Satan: “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

Eyes

2 Chronicles 7:15
My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place.
Matthew 3:17
And there came a voice from heaven:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him!
John 2:19
Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.”
Colossians 2:9
For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ,

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