1 Chronicles 28:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Know thou

Serve him

A willing mind

2 Corinthians 8:12

2 Corinthians 9:7

1 Peter 5:2

If thou seek

Matthew 7:7

James 4:8

If thou forsake

Hebrews 10:38

Bible References

Know thou

yet have ye not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, that I know him not, I should be like you, a liar: but I know him, and observe his word.

and this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent, Jesus, the Messiah.

For as I walked about, and attentively viewed the objects of your worship, I found even an altar on which was this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you in ignorance adore, him I preach unto you.

And since they thought not fit to hold the Deity in acknowledgment, God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to practise deeds unbecoming;

Awake as the righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I speak this to your shame.

For the God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, he hath shined into our hearts, to give illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Serve him

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite in reality, in whom there is no guile!

God is a Spirit: and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.

replete with all injustice, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, villany; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, evil habits; whisperers,

Wherefore receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, may we hold fast the grace, by which we can offer to God acceptably divine service, with reverence and pious awe:

A willing mind

For if there is first a ready mind, a man is acceptable according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.

Let every man, as he hath purposed in heart, give, not with reluctance or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.

feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising your pastoral office not of necessity, but of choice, not for base gain, but with alacrity of mind;

If thou seek

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

If thou forsake

"The just man then will live by faith;" and if he draw back, my soul shall have no delight in him.