'House' in the Bible

But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy;At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life,And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.

O Lord, I love the habitation of Your houseAnd the place where Your glory dwells.

One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the LordAnd to meditate in His temple.

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.

These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:Forget your people and your father’s house;

Be not afraid when [an ungodly] man becomes rich,When the wealth and glory of his house are increased;

“I will accept no young bull from your houseNor male goat from your folds.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

We who had sweet fellowship together,Who walked to the house of God in company.

Blessed is the one whom You choose and bring nearTo dwell in Your courts.We will be filled with the goodness of Your house,Your holy temple.

I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings;I shall pay You my vows,

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

The bird has found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,My King and my God.

Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my GodThan to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

Planted in the house of the Lord,They will flourish in the courts of our God.

Your precepts are fully confirmed and completely reliable;Holiness adorns Your house,O Lord, forever.

He has [graciously] remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;All the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.

I will behave wisely and follow the way of integrity.When will You come to me?I will walk in my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.

He who practices deceit will not dwell in my house;He who tells lies and half-truths will not continue [to remain] in my presence.

Where the birds make their nests;As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

He made Joseph lord of his houseAnd ruler of all his possessions,

Wealth and riches are in his house,And his righteousness endures forever.

When Israel came 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 has been mindful of us; He will bless,He will bless the house of Israel;He will bless the house of Aaron.

In the courts of the Lord’s house (temple)—In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Oh let the house of Aaron say,“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;We have blessed you from the house of the Lord [you who come into His sanctuary under His guardianship].

Your statutes are my songsIn the house of my pilgrimage.

I was glad when they said to me,“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

For there the thrones of judgment were set,The thrones of the house of David.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God [which is Jerusalem],I will seek your (the city’s) good.

Unless the Lord builds the house,They labor in vain who build it;Unless the Lord guards the city,The watchman keeps awake in vain.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vineWithin the innermost part of your house;Your children will be like olive plantsAround your table.

“I absolutely will not enter my house,Nor get into my bed—

Behold, bless and praise the Lord, all servants of the Lord (priests, Levites),Who stand and serve by night in the house of the Lord.

You who stand in the house of the Lord,In the courts of the house of our God,

O house of Israel, bless and praise the Lord [with gratitude];O house of Aaron, bless the Lord;

O house of Levi, bless the Lord;You who fear the Lord [and worship Him with obedience], bless the Lord [with grateful praise]!