1 Chronicles 29:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Triest the heart

Hast pleasure

Proverbs 11:20

Proverbs 15:8

John 1:47

In the uprightness

Acts 24:16

2 Corinthians 1:12

1 Thessalonians 2:10

Joy thy people

1 Chronicles 29:9

Philemon 1:7

General references

Exodus 35:21

Bible References

Triest the heart

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.

Surely You desire integrity in the inner self,
and You teach me wisdom deep within.

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.

I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart

to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.

I will kill her children with the plague.

Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

Hast pleasure

Those with twisted minds are detestable to the Lord,
but those with blameless conduct are His delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”

In the uprightness

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers.

Joy thy people

Then the people rejoiced because of their leaders’ willingness to give, for they had given to the Lord with a whole heart. King David also rejoiced greatly.

For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

General references

Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.