Psalm 84:11

Longing For God's House

¹⁰ Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.
¹¹ For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.
¹² Happy is the person who trusts in You,
Lord of Hosts!

God is a Sun and Shield

What is Good

Elohim

Jehovah

No

Proverbs 2:7

He stores up success for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity

Psalm 34:9-10

You who are His holy ones, fear Yahweh,
for those who fear Him lack nothing.

Revelation 21:23

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Genesis 15:1

After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:

Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield;
your reward will be very great.

Isaiah 60:19-20

The sun will no longer be your light by day,
and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you;
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your splendor.

Psalm 27:1

Davidic.The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom should I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom should I be afraid?

Psalm 85:12

Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

Psalm 3:3

But You, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the One who lifts up my head.

Psalm 15:2

The one who lives honestly, practices righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart—

Psalm 47:9

The nobles of the peoples have assembled
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the leaders of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.

Psalm 84:9

Consider our shield, God;
look on the face of Your anointed one.

Psalm 115:9-11

Israel, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and shield.

Psalm 119:114

You are my shelter and my shield;
I put my hope in Your word.

Proverbs 10:9

The one who lives with integrity lives securely,
but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.

Proverbs 28:6

Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than a rich man who distorts right and wrong.

Proverbs 28:18

The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong
will suddenly fall.

Micah 2:7

House of Jacob, should it be asked,
“Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?
Are these the things He does?”
Don’t My words bring good
to the one who walks uprightly?

John 1:9

The true light, who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.

John 1:16

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
from His fullness,

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”

Romans 8:16-18

The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,

2 Corinthians 3:18

We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Philippians 1:6

I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.