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 hath talked of thee, seek ye my face. Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Ye shall seek me, and find me: Yea, if so be that ye seek me with your whole heart,

and I turned me unto God the LORD, for to pray and make mine intercession, with fasting, sack cloth and ashes.

But rather, seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof; and all these things shall be ministered 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 with yourselves to enter in at the strait gate: For many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

He put forth a similitude unto them, signifying that men ought always to pray, and not to be weary,

But without faith it is impossible to please him: For he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him.

Dwell

O let thy loving-kindness and mercy follow me all the days of my life, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

I wash my hands with innocency, O LORD, and so will I go to thine altar,

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee; he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be always praising thee. Selah.

and vowed a vow and said, "LORD of Hosts, if thou wilt look on the wretchedness of thine handmaid and shalt remember me and not forget thine handmaid, and shalt give unto thine handmaid a man child I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life and there shall neither razor or shears come upon his head."

And she had been a widow about four score and four years of age, which went never out of the temple, but served God there with fasting and prayer night and day.

She that is a very widow, and friendless, putteth her trust in God, and continueth in supplication and prayer night and day:

Behold

Out of Zion hath God appeared in perfect beauty.

Thus do I look for thee in thy Sanctuary, that I might behold thy power and glory.

And the glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us. Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handiwork.

Rejoice thou greatly, O daughter Zion; be glad, O daughter Jerusalem. For lo, thy King cometh unto thee, even the righteous and Saviour: Lowly and simple is he, he rideth upon an ass, and upon the foal of an ass.

But we all behold the glory of the Lord with his face open, and we are changed unto the same similitude, from glory to glory, even of the spirit of the Lord.

For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Beauty

Thus do I look for thee in thy Sanctuary, that I might behold thy power and glory.

General references

Then Hannah rose up after that they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh. And Eli the priest sat upon a stool by one of the side posts of the temple of the LORD.

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants which stand before thee always and hear thy wisdom.