Bible Verses About Seeking a Place

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

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 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.

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?

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.

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.

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

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

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

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

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.

Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

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

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

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

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

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

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

And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

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.

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 unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

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.

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.