1 Chronicles 28:9

Modern King James Version

And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind. For Jehovah searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.

Cross References

Genesis 28:13

And behold! Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac! The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your seed.

Genesis 6:5

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon said, You have shown to Your servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before You in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with You. And You have kept this great kindness for him, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

1 Kings 8:39

then hear in Heaven Your dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart You know. For You, You only, know the hearts of all the sons of Adam.

1 Kings 8:43

hear in Heaven Your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calls to You for, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as Your people Israel do , and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name.

1 Kings 8:61

And let your heart be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commandments, as at this day.

2 Kings 20:3

I pray, O Jehovah, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a sincere heart, and have done good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.

2 Kings 21:22

And he left Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Jehovah.

2 Kings 22:2

And he did the right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now set your heart and your soul to seek Jehovah your God. Arise therefore and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.

1 Chronicles 28:8

And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance for your sons after you forever.

1 Chronicles 29:9

And the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah. And David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

2 Chronicles 12:5

And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the rulers of Judah who were gathered to Jerusalem because of Shishak. And he said to them, So says Jehovah, You have forsaken Me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak.

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you while you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 6:30

then hear from Heaven, Your dwelling-place, and forgive, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart You know. For You only know the hearts of the sons of men.

Ezra 8:22

For I was ashamed to ask of the king troops and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek Him for good, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.

Psalm 101:2

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Psalm 139:2

You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

Psalm 17:3

You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.

Psalm 18:2

Jehovah is my strength, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock; I will trust in Him; He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Psalm 7:10

My defense is from God, who saves the upright in heart.

Psalm 7:9

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.

Psalm 89:26

He shall cry to Me, My Father, You are my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psalm 89:38

But You have cast off and rejected us; You have been angry with Your anointed.

Psalm 9:10

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Exodus 15:2

Jehovah is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will glorify Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

Exodus 3:16

Go, and gather the elders of Israel and say to them, Jehovah the God of your fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I have surely visited you and have seen what is done to you in Egypt.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

Proverbs 4:4

He also taught me, and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments and live.

Isaiah 1:28

And the downfall of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together; and those who forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

Isaiah 38:3

and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done the 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 did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain. I Jehovah speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O Jehovah of Hosts who judges rightly, who tries the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them. For to You I have revealed my cause.

Jeremiah 17:10

I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 20:12

But, O Jehovah of Hosts, who tries the righteous and sees the reins and the heart, let me see Your vengeance on them. For I have committed my cause to You.

Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was this not to know Me? says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 24:7

And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am Jehovah; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. For they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 29:13

And you shall seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:14

And I will be found by you, says Jehovah; and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Jehovah. And I will bring you again into the place from where I caused you to be exiled.

Jeremiah 31:34

And they shall no more teach each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Jehovah. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sins no more.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Jehovah, doing kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these I delight, says Jehovah.

Ezekiel 11:5

And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said to me, Speak: So says Jehovah: So you have said, O house of Israel, for I Myself know the elevations of your spirit.

Ezekiel 38:10

So says the Lord Jehovah: And it shall be in that day that things shall come into your heart, and you shall devise an evil plan.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the Word of Jehovah, sons of Israel. For Jehovah has a quarrel with the people of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being priest to Me. Since you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will also forget your sons, even I.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile!

John 17:3

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

John 2:25

and did not need that anyone should testify of man. For He knew what was in man.

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me? Peter was grieved because He said to him a third time, Do you love Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know all things, You know that I love You. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.

John 4:24

God is a spirit, and they who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.

John 8:55

Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I should say I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I know Him and I keep His Word.

Acts 1:24

And they prayed and said, You, Lord, knower of all hearts, show which one You chose from these two,

Acts 17:23

For as I passed by and saw the things you worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Not knowing then whom you worship, I make Him known to you.

Acts 17:30

Truly, then, God overlooking the times of ignorance, now He strictly commands all men everywhere to repent,

1 Corinthians 15:34

Be righteously awake, and sin not; for some have ignorance of God. I speak this to your shame.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is God who said, "Out of darkness Light shall shine;" who shone in our hearts to give the brightness of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is present, it is acceptable according to what one has, and not according to what one does not have.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each one, as he purposes in his heart, let him give; not of grief, or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, Israel, what does Jehovah your God ask of you, but to fear Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deuteronomy 31:21

And it shall be when many evils and troubles have found them, this song shall testify against them as a witness. For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed. For I know their imagination which they do, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.

Deuteronomy 4:35

It was shown to you so that you might know that Jehovah is God, and no one else beside Him.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear,

Hebrews 4:13

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight, but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

1 Peter 5:2

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death. And all the churches will know that I am He who searches the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works.

1 Samuel 12:20

And Samuel said to the people, Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness. Yet do not turn aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart.

1 Samuel 16:7

But Jehovah said to Samuel, Do not look on his face, nor on his height, because I have refused him. For He does not see as man sees. For man looks on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks on the heart.