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 says to You, Seek my face; Your face, O Jehovah, I will seek;

And you shall seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and holy desires, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.

And I say to you, Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it shall be opened to you.

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

And He also spoke a parable to them to teach it is always right to pray, and not to faint,

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Dwell

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah forever.

I will wash my hands in innocency; so I will go around Your altar, O Jehovah,

Blessed is the one whom You choose, and cause to come near You. He shall dwell in Your courts; we shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, of Your holy temple.

Blessed are they who dwell in Your house; they will still praise You. Selah.

And she vowed a vow and said, O, Lord of Hosts, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your handmaid and remember me, and not forget Your handmaid, but will give to Your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

And she was a widow of eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving God with fastings and prayers night and day.

But she being really a widow, and having been left alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

Behold

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.

so I have seen You in the holy place, seeing Your power and Your glory.

And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be on us; and establish the work of our hands on us; yea, the work of our hands, establish it.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King comes to you. He is righteous and victorious, meek and riding on an ass, even on a colt, the son of an ass.

But we all, with our face having been unveiled, having beheld the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are being changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Lord Spirit.

For it is God who said, "Out of darkness Light shall shine;" who shone in our hearts to give the brightness of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Beauty

so I have seen You in the holy place, seeing Your power and Your glory.

General references

And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh and after they had drunk. And Eli the priest sat on the seat by the side post of the temple of Jehovah.

Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants who stand always before you and hear your wisdom.