Longing For God's House

¹⁰ For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness. ¹¹ For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness. ¹² Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.

God is a Sun and Shield

What is Good

Elohim

Jehovah

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Proverbs 2:7

Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

Psalm 34:9-10

Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him.

Revelation 21:23

and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it is the Lamb;

Genesis 15:1

After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I am a shield to thee, thy reward is exceeding great.'

Isaiah 60:19-20

To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.

Psalm 27:1

By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

Psalm 85:12

Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase.

Malachi 4:2

And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness -- and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.

Matthew 6:33

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Psalm 3:3

And Thou, O Jehovah, art a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

Psalm 15:2

He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.

Psalm 47:9

Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

Psalm 84:9

Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,

Psalm 115:9-11

O Israel, trust in Jehovah, 'Their help and their shield is He.'

Psalm 119:114

My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

Proverbs 10:9

Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

Micah 2:7

Doth the house of Jacob say, 'Hath the Spirit of Jehovah been shortened? Are these His doings?' Do not My words benefit the people that is walking uprightly?

John 1:9

He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

John 1:16

and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;

John 8:12

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

Romans 8:16-18

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

2 Corinthians 3:18

and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:17

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us --

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, 'If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?

Philippians 1:6

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform it till a day of Jesus Christ,

Philippians 4:19

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;