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Psalm 26:8
LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,
7that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
8LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
9Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men
10in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.
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The house David loves is defined by God's glory, giving his affection for a place of worship a clear center in God himself.
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Psalm 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to …Both psalms cherish the LORD's house, linking that place with his glory or beauty.
1 Samuel 4:21She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.God's glory links these passages: David loves where it dwells, while Ichabod's naming marks grief over its departure from Israel.
Psalm 84:10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.Both express affection for God's house, with Psalm 84 declaring even a doorkeeper's place there preferable to dwelling in wickedness.
John 2:14–17He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.The shared setting is a place of worship: David names God's house, while John describes sellers and money changers in the temple.
Psalm 122:9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.The LORD's house is cherished in both texts, as an object of love and a reason to seek another's good.
Isaiah 66:10“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;Both express love connected with a place, though Isaiah names Jerusalem and the psalm names God's house.
Matthew 23:21He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.Both connect the place of worship with God's presence: his glory dwells in the house, and he inhabits the temple.
2 Samuel 15:25The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation;God's habitation is precious in both passages: the psalm declares love for it, and the king hopes to see it again.
Luke 2:46After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.The connection is the place of worship: David loves God's house, and Jesus is found among teachers in the temple.
Isaiah 38:22Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?”The LORD's house links David's declaration of love with Hezekiah's question about a sign that he will go there.
1 Chronicles 29:3In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God, …Both declare affection for God's house, and Chronicles connects that affection with giving personal treasure toward it.
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