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Psalms 27:4

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One: Psalms 26:8; Luke 10:42; Philippians 3:13

seek: Psalms 27:8; Jeremiah 29:13; Daniel 9:3; Matthew 6:33, Matthew 7:7-8; Luke 11:9-10, Luke 13:24, Luke 18:1; Hebrews 11:6

dwell: Psalms 23:6, Psalms 26:6, Psalms 65:4, Psalms 84:4, Psalms 84:10; 1 Samuel 1:11; Luke 2:37; 1 Timothy 5:5

behold: Psalms 50:2, Psalms 63:2, Psalms 90:17; Zechariah 9:9; 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6

beauty: or, delight, Psalms 63:2-5

inquire: 1 Samuel 22:10, 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Samuel 21:1; 1 Chronicles 10:13-14

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