Psalm 27:4

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.

Seek

Dwell

1 Timothy 5:5

Behold

Beauty

Psalm 63:2

General references

1 Samuel 1:9

2 Chronicles 9:7

Bible References

Seek

My heart has spoken unto me from thee, Seek my face. Thy face, O LORD, will I seek.

And ye shall seek me, and find me, for ye shall seek me with all your heart.

And I turned my face unto the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, in fasting and sackcloth, and ashes:

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Strive to enter in at the narrow gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able.

And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that it behooves us always to pray and not faint,

But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.

Dwell

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will rest in the house of the LORD for ever.

I will wash my hands in innocency, so I will walk near unto thine altar, O LORD:

Blessed is the man whom thou dost choose and cause to approach unto thee that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house even of thy holy temple.

Happy are those that dwell in thy house; they shall continually praise thee. Selah.

and she vowed a vow and said, O LORD of the hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid and remember me and not forget thy handmaid but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

and she was a widow eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.

Now she that is a widow indeed and desolate, trusts in God, and is diligent in supplications and prayers night and day,

Behold

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.

in this manner I beheld thee in holiness when I beheld thy power and thy glory.

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and set thou aright the work of our hands upon us; yea, set thou aright the work of our hands.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout with joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Therefore we all, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord with uncovered face, are transformed from glory to glory into the same likeness, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

For the God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts to bring forth the light of the knowledge of the clarity of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Beauty

in this manner I beheld thee in holiness when I beheld thy power and thy glory.

General references

So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

Blessed are thy men and blessed are these thy slaves, who stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom.