Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell 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.

Bible References

Seek

Matthew 6:33
But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides.
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.
Luke 11:9
So I tell you, ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.
Luke 13:24
"You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed,
Luke 18:1
He gave them an illustration to show that they must always pray and not give up,
Hebrews 11:6
but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

Dwell

Luke 2:37
and she had been a widow until she was now eighty-four. She never left the Temple, but worshipped night and day with fasting and prayer.
1 Timothy 5:5
But a woman who is really a widow, and has no children, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to prayers and entreaties night and day.

Behold

2 Corinthians 3:18
And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, that is on the face of Christ.