Quotes about Presence
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
— 1 Chronicles 29:15
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
— 2 Chronicles 5:14
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;
— 2 Chronicles 6:1
and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
— 2 Chronicles 6:2
And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
— 2 Chronicles 6:11
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
— 2 Chronicles 6:20
The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
— 2 Chronicles 7:2
Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
— 2 Chronicles 7:15
For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
— 2 Chronicles 7:16
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
— 2 Chronicles 7:20
When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.
— 2 Chronicles 29:29
The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
— Ezra 4:18