Bible Verses About Desire for Home

But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

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

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

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

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?

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.