1 Kings 8:18

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And the LORD said to David my father, Since it was in your heart to build a house unto my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

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And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.

And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not.