Bible Verses About Seeking a Home

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

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

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

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 there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

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.

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

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

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

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

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

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

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

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

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

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:

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

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?