'Dwell' in the Bible

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

“May God enlarge Japheth,And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;And let Canaan be his servant.”

Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good gift; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.

“Zebulun will dwell at the seashore;And he shall be a haven for ships,And his flank shall be toward Sidon.

Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they dwell.

Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.

I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God.

They shall know that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.

You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst.”

You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”

then it shall come about that the place in which the Lord your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to the Lord.

“When the Lord your God cuts off before you the nations which you are going in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land,

Of Benjamin he said,“May the beloved of the Lord dwell in security by Him,Who shields him all the day,And he dwells between His shoulders.”

Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan!

He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among them.

He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.’”

Micah then said to him, “Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance.” So the Levite went in.

that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”

“Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in?

I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”

Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

“Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the Lord, “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;

I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and not be moved again; and the wicked will not waste them anymore as formerly,

Then Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me.

Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

“But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.

Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark of the Lord has entered.”

May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempts to change it, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree, let it be carried out with all diligence!”

but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen to cause My name to dwell.’

‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,Whose foundation is in the dust,Who are crushed before the moth!

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

So that they dwell in dreadful valleys,In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep,For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

A Psalm of David.O Lord, who may abide in Your tent?Who may dwell on Your holy hill?

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;My flesh also will dwell securely.

Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

A Psalm of David.The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,The world, and those who dwell in it.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,To behold the beauty of the LordAnd to meditate in His temple.

Trust in the Lord and do good;Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

The righteous will inherit the landAnd dwell in it forever.

For You have been a refuge for me,A tower of strength against the enemy.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to YouTo dwell in Your courts.We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,Your holy temple.

They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

God makes a home for the lonely;He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?Surely the Lord will dwell there forever.

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

May their camp be desolate;May none dwell in their tents.

For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,That they may dwell there and possess it.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,And those who love His name will dwell in it.

“The earth and all who dwell in it melt;It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.

He also drove out the nations before themAnd apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!They are ever praising You. Selah.

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my GodThan dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,That glory may dwell in our land.

Let the sea roar and all it contains,The world and those who dwell in it.

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;They lift up their voices among the branches.

A fruitful land into a salt waste,Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

And there He makes the hungry to dwell,So that they may establish an inhabited city,

Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

“This is My resting place forever;Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

A Song of Ascents, of David.Behold, how good and how pleasant it isFor brothers to dwell together in unity!

If I take the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;The upright will dwell in Your presence.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul;He has crushed my life to the ground;He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,And I find knowledge and discretion.

The righteous will never be shaken,But the wicked will not dwell in the land.

He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproofWill dwell among the wise.

Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did.

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;And a little boy will lead them.

Her gain and her harlot’s wages will be set apart to the Lord; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord.

“For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city;He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

Then justice will dwell in the wildernessAnd righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

He will dwell on the heights,His refuge will be the impregnable rock;His bread will be given him,His water will be sure.

And no resident will say, “I am sick”;The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.

But pelican and hedgehog will possess it,And owl and raven will dwell in it;And He will stretch over it the line of desolationAnd the plumb line of emptiness.

He has cast the lot for them,And His hand has divided it to them by line.They shall possess it forever;From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,Who stretches out the heavens like a curtainAnd spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

To open blind eyes,To bring out prisoners from the dungeonAnd those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

Sing to the Lord a new song,Sing His praise from the end of the earth!You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it.You islands, and those who dwell on them.

For thus says the high and exalted OneWho lives forever, whose name is Holy,“I dwell on a high and holy place,And also with the contrite and lowly of spiritIn order to revive the spirit of the lowlyAnd to revive the heart of the contrite.

“Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins;You will raise up the age-old foundations;And you will be called the repairer of the breach,The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.

“I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,And an heir of My mountains from Judah;Even My chosen ones shall inherit it,And My servants will dwell there.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.

then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

“But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

Pick up your bundle from the ground,You who dwell under siege!

How long is the land to mournAnd the vegetation of the countryside to wither?For the wickedness of those who dwell in it,Animals and birds have been snatched away,Because men have said, “He will not see our latter ending.”

“You who dwell in Lebanon,Nested in the cedars,How you will groan when pangs come upon you,Pain like a woman in childbirth!

“In His days Judah will be saved,And Israel will dwell securely;And this is His name by which He will be called,‘The Lord our righteousness.’

‘But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says the Lord—so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.

saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever;

and all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who dwell in the desert;

But the nation which will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let remain on its land,” declares the Lord, “and they will till it and dwell in it.”’”

for thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—

Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.

Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation; and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety.