1 Kings 8:18

And the LORD said unto David my father, Since it was in your heart to build a house unto my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

2 Chronicles 6:7-9

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Corinthians 8:12

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

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Summary

And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

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Whereas

2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not.