Psalm 87:2
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob.
Deuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must seek to enter only the place that the LORD your God will choose among your tribes. There he will establish his name and live.
2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, where my name will reside. And I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
Psalm 78:67-69
He rejected the clan of Joseph; and the tribe of Ephraim he did not choose.
Psalm 132:13-14
For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.
Isaiah 14:32
How will they answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has founded Zion, and in it the afflicted among his people will find refuge."
Joel 2:32
And everyone who calls upon the name of the LORD will be delivered. For as the LORD has said, "In Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, the survivors whom the LORD is calling.'"