Encyclopedia entry
Habitation
God is the habitation of his people, who find rest and safety in him (Ps. 71:3; 91:9). Justice and judgment are the habitation of God’s throne (Ps. 89:14, Heb. mekhon, “foundation”), because all his acts are founded on justice and judgment. (See Ps. 132:5, 13; Eph. 2:22, of Canaan, Jerusalem, and the temple as God’s habitation.) God inhabits eternity (Isa. 57:15), i.e., dwells not only among men, but in eternity, where time is unknown; and “the praises of Israel” (Ps. 22:3), i.e., he dwells among those praises and is continually surrounded by them.
In the Bible
58
Verses where Habitation is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Samuel 2:29
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
- 1 Samuel 2:32
You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
- 2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:6
For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
- 2 Samuel 15:25
Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
- Acts 1:20
“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
+52 more verses naming Habitation.
Scripture on Habitation
52
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- Psalms 71Psalms 89Psalms 107Ephesians 2Leviticus 13Deuteronomy 12Deuteronomy 262 Samuel 152 Chronicles 62 Chronicles 29Ezra 7Job 8Job 18Job 28Psalms 22Psalms 26Psalms 33Psalms 68Psalms 69Psalms 91Psalms 97Psalms 104Proverbs 3Isaiah 22Isaiah 27Isaiah 32Isaiah 33Isaiah 34Isaiah 35Isaiah 57Isaiah 63Jeremiah 9Jeremiah 10Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 31Jeremiah 33Jeremiah 41Jeremiah 49Ezekiel 29Daniel 4Obadiah 1Habakkuk 3Zechariah 2Acts 1Acts 17Jude 1Revelation 18
Voices on Habitation
2
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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