1 Chronicles 28:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

And as for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts, and understands the thoughts of all minds. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will cast you aside for eternity.

Cross References

Genesis 28:13

and the Lord, leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land, in which you sleep, I will give to you and to your offspring.

Genesis 6:5

Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: "I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon said: "You have shown great mercy to your servant David, my father, because he walked in your sight in truth and justice, and with an upright heart before you. And you have kept your great mercy for him, and you have given him a son sitting upon his throne, just as it is this day.

1 Kings 8:39

you will hear in heaven, in your dwelling place, and you will forgive. And you will act so that you give to each one in accord with his own ways, just as you see in his heart, for you alone know the heart of all the sons of men.

1 Kings 8:43

you will listen in heaven, in the firmament of your dwelling place. And you will do all the things, for which that foreigner will have called upon you. So may all the peoples of the earth learn to fear your name, just as your people Israel do. And so may they show that your name has been invoked over this house, which I have built.

1 Kings 8:61

Also, may our hearts be perfect with the Lord our God, so that we may walk in his decrees, and keep his commandments, as also on this day."

2 Kings 20:3

"I beg you, O Lord, I beseech you, remember how I have walked before you in truth, and with a perfect heart, and how I have done what is pleasing before you." And then Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.

2 Kings 21:22

And he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.

2 Kings 22:2

And he did what was pleasing before the Lord, and he walked in all the ways of his father David. He did not turn aside to the right, or to the left.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Therefore, offer your hearts and your souls, so that you seek the Lord your God. And rise up and build a sanctuary to the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the vessels consecrated to the Lord, may be brought into the house that is built to the name of the Lord."

1 Chronicles 28:8

Now therefore, before the entire assembly of Israel, in the hearing of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, so that you may possess the good land, and may bequeath it to your sons after you, even forever.

1 Chronicles 29:9

And the people rejoiced, since they were promising their votive offerings willingly. For they were offering these to the Lord with all their heart. And king David also rejoiced with great gladness.

2 Chronicles 12:5

Then Shemaiah, the prophet, entered to Rehoboam, and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together in Jerusalem while fleeing from Shishak, and he said to them: "Thus says the Lord: You have abandoned me, and so I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak."

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he went out to meet Asa, and he said to him: "Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 6:30

you will heed him from heaven, indeed from your sublime habitation, and you will forgive, and you will repay each one according to his ways, which you know him to hold in his heart. For you alone know the hearts of the sons of men.

Ezra 8:22

For I was ashamed to petition the king for assistance and for horsemen, who would defend us from the enemy along the way. For we had said to the king: "The hand of our God is over all those who seek him in goodness. And his authority, and his strength and fury, is over all those who forsake him."

Psalm 101:2

O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you.

Psalm 139:2

Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.

Psalm 17:3

The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my liberator. My God is my helper, and I hope in him: my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

Psalm 18:2

The heavens describe the glory of God, and the firmament announces the work of his hands.

Psalm 7:10

The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.

Psalm 7:9

The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.

Psalm 9:10

And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.

Exodus 15:2

The Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I shall glorify him. He is the God of my father, and I shall exalt him.

Exodus 3:16

Go and gather together the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them: 'The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying: When visiting, I have visited you, and I have seen all that has befallen you in Egypt.

Proverbs 17:3

Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts.

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.

Proverbs 4:4

And he taught me, and he also said: "Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.

Isaiah 1:28

And he shall crush the accursed and sinners together. And those who have abandoned the Lord will be consumed.

Isaiah 38:3

And he said: "I beg you, Lord, I beseech you, to remember how I walked before you in truth and with a whole heart, and that I have done what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the offspring of Jacob, "Seek me in vain." I am the Lord, who speaks justice, who announces what is right.

Jeremiah 11:20

But you, O Lord of hosts, who judges justly, and who tests the temperament and the heart, let me see your vengeance against them. For I have revealed my case to you.

Jeremiah 17:10

I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.

Jeremiah 20:12

And you, O Lord of hosts, the Tester of the just, who sees the temperament and the heart: I beg you to let me see your vengeance upon them. For I have revealed my case to you.

Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord?

Jeremiah 24:7

And I will give them a heart, so that they may know me, that I am the Lord. And they will be my people, and I will be their God. For they shall return to me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 29:13

You shall seek me. And you will find me, when you have sought me with your whole heart.

Jeremiah 29:14

And I will be found by you, says the Lord. And I will lead you back from your captivity. And I will gather you from all the nations and all the places, to which I have expelled you, says the Lord. And I will return you from the place to which I sent you into captivity.

Jeremiah 31:34

And they will no longer teach, a man his neighbor, and a man his brother, saying: 'Know the Lord.' For all will know me, from the littlest of them even to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will no longer remember their sin.

Jeremiah 9:24

But he who glories should glory in this: to know me and to know me well. For I am the Lord, who accomplishes mercy and judgment and justice upon the earth. For these things are pleasing to me, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 11:5

And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me: "Speak: Thus says the Lord: So have you spoken, O house of Israel. And I know the thoughts of your heart.

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus says the Lord God: In that day, words will climb into your heart, and you will invent a most wicked plan.

Hosea 4:1

Listen to the word of the Lord, sons of Israel, for the Lord is judge of the inhabitants of the land. Yet there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God, in the land.

Hosea 4:6

My people have become silent because they had no knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away; you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me, and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said about him, "Behold, an Israelite in whom truly there is no deceit."

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 2:25

and because he had no need of anyone to offer testimony about a man. For he knew what was within a man.

John 21:17

He said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was very grieved that he had asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" And so he said to him: "Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my sheep.

John 4:24

God is Spirit. And so, those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth."

John 8:55

And yet you have not known him. But I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, then I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.

Acts 1:24

And praying, they said: "May you, O Lord, who knows the heart of everyone, reveal which one of these two you have chosen,

Acts 17:23

For as I was passing by and noticing your idols, I also found an altar, on which was written: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this is what I am preaching to you:

Acts 17:30

And indeed, God, having looked down to see the ignorance of these times, has now announced to men that everyone everywhere should do penance.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Be vigilant, you just ones, and do not be willing to sin. For certain persons have an ignorance of God. I say this to you with respect.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For when the will is prompted, it receives according to what that person has, not according to what that person does not have.

2 Corinthians 9:7

each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only that you fear the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul,

Deuteronomy 31:21

And after many evils and afflictions have overwhelmed them, this canticle will answer them as a testimony; it shall never pass into oblivion, away from the mouths of their offspring. For I know their thoughts and what they are about to do today, even before I lead them into the land which I have promised to them."

Deuteronomy 4:35

So may you know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.

Hebrews 12:28

Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.

Hebrews 4:13

And there is no created thing that is invisible to his sight. For all things are naked and open to the eyes of him, about whom we are speaking.

1 Peter 5:2

pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely,

Revelation 2:23

And I will put her sons to death, and all the Churches shall know that I am the one who examines temperaments and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. But I say to you,

1 Samuel 12:20

Then Samuel said to the people: "Do not be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet truly, do not choose to withdraw from the back of the Lord. Instead, serve the Lord with all your heart.

1 Samuel 16:7

And the Lord said to Samuel: "You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart."