Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
Put such
In the king's heart
To beautify
General references
Bible References
Put such
Ezra 6:22
And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy. For Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to make their hands strong in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 2:12
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me. And I did not tell to a man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem. And there was no animal with me, except the animal that I rode upon.
Nehemiah 7:5
And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, so that they might be counted by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who came up at the first. And I found written in it:
2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
Hebrews 8:10
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My Laws into their mind and write them in their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Hebrews 10:16
"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put My Laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning.
Revelation 17:17
For God gave into their hearts to do His mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the Words of God will be fulfilled.
In the king's heart
Nehemiah 2:8
and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, so that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which belong to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king granted me what I asked, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He will.
To beautify
Isaiah 60:13
The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious.
General references
Exodus 35:21
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom His spirit made willing. They brought Jehovah's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all His service, and for the holy garments.
Psalm 102:14
For Your servants take pleasure in its stones, and pity its dust.
Psalm 126:3
Great things did Jehovah to work with us and we are glad.
Daniel 1:9
And God had given Daniel kindness and compassion before the chief of the eunuchs.