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

"You are not acquainted with him; I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

And this is eternal life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

"For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming to you.

And just as they refused to continue to retain God in their knowledge, so did God cast them out to an outcast mind, to do those things which were indecent.

Wake up, do justly, cease from sin; for I say to your shame that some of you have no acquaintance with God.

For God who said, "Out of darkness light shall shine," is he who has shone in my heart, that the sunrise of the knowledge of God may shine forth in the face of Christ.

Serve him

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity.

Wherefore since we are receiving a kingdom which is unshakable, let us give thanks, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with holy awe and fear,

A willing mind

For if there be first willing mind, the gift is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not.

But let each give according to the purpose of his heart; not grudgingly of under compulsion. It is a cheerful giver that God loves.

Be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly, and not through compulsion; not for filthy lucre, but with a willing mind;

If thou seek

"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Draw near to God And he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, And purify your hearts, you double-minded.

If thou forsake

But it is by faith that my Righteous One will live, And if he draws back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.