Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Bible References

Prepare

Job 5:8
“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;
Job 8:5
“If you would seek God
And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
Job 22:21
Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.
1 Samuel 7:3
Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
2 Chronicles 12:14
He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
2 Chronicles 19:3
But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”
Psalm 78:8
And not be like their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Luke 12:47
And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

Stretch

Psalm 68:31
Envoys will come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
Psalm 88:9
My eye has wasted away because of affliction;
I have called upon You every day, O Lord;
I have spread out my hands to You.
Psalm 143:6
I stretch out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.