'House' in the Bible

{A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

In the great house the king's daughter is all shining: her clothing is worked with gold.

With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.

The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. To the Director: A Davidic instruction about Doeg, the Edomite, when he went to Saul and told him, "David went to the house of Abimelech."

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest 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.

I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

"Kings of armies retreat and flee, while the lady of the house divides the spoil.

Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

This house is resting on the holy mountain.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come into his house.

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

{A Song of degrees of David.} I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

{A Song of degrees for Solomon.} Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

{A Song of degrees.} Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.

Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,

Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:

Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.

Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.

Truly, the upright will give praise to your name: the holy will have a place in your house.

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.

A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

Precious treasure and oil [are] in the house of the wise, but the foolish person will devour them.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,

She does not fear for her house [when] it snows, for {her entire household} is clothed [in] crimson.

I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.