Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Prepare
Stretch
Bible References
Prepare
Job 5:8
"But I myself will seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.
Job 8:5
If you yourself would seek God, then you would plead to Shaddai for grace.
Job 22:21
"Please reconcile yourself with him, and be at peace; {in this way}, good will come to you.
1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If with all your heart you [are] turning to Yahweh, remove the foreign gods and Ashtoreths from your midst. Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve him alone. Then he will deliver you from the hand of [the] Philistines."
2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 19:3
Nevertheless some good things have been found in regard to you, for you burned the Asherahs out of the land and set your heart to seek God."
Psalm 78:8
and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation [that] did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful [to] God.
Luke 12:47
And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will {will be given a severe beating}.
Stretch
Psalm 68:31
Ambassadors will come from Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
Psalm 88:9
My eye languishes from misery. I call on you, O Yahweh, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
Psalm 143:6
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul [longs] for you like a dry land. Selah