1 Kings 8:48

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Summary

And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

And so return

Pray unto

1 Kings 8:29

Daniel 6:10

The city

1 Kings 8:44

Bible References

And so return

But from there you shall seek the LORD your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

The children of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, this day."

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you do return to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."

but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.'

Blessed are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart.

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense," says the LORD.

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.'

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us. Yet have we not tried to gain the favor of the LORD our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.

Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made, resulting in salvation.

Pray unto

that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there;' to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

The city

"If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;