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And thou, Solomon my sono, know thou the God of thy father, and servep him with a perfect heartq and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheths all hearts, and understandetht all the imaginations of the thoughts: ifu thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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Jer. 9:24• ²⁴{i}but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah{/i}. (Jer. 9:24)

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John 17:3• ³And this is the eternal life, that they know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ. (John 17:3)

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Job 36:11‑12• ¹¹If they hear and serve, they end their days in good,{HR}And their years in pleasantness;
¹²But if they hear not, their soul passes by the dart,{HR}And expireth in want of knowledge; (Job 36:11‑12)

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2 Kings 20:3• ³I beseech, O Jehovah, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. (2 Kings 20:3)

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Psa. 101:2• ²I will behave myself wisely in an upright way:{HR}When wilt thou come unto me?{HR}I will walk within my house in uprightness of my heart. (Psa. 101:2)

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John 4:24• ²⁴God is a Spirit; and his worshippers must worship [him] in spirit and truth. (John 4:24)

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Rom. 1:9• ⁹For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always at my prayers (Rom. 1:9)

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Heb. 12:28• ²⁸Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and fear. (Heb. 12:28)

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1 Sam. 16:7• ⁷{i}But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart.{/i} (1 Sam. 16:7)

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Psa. 7:9• ⁹Let now the evil of the wicked come to an end,{HR}But establish thou the righteous [man]:{HR}And one who trieth hearts and reins [art thou], O righteous God. (Psa. 7:9)

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Jer. 17:10• ¹⁰I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (Jer. 17:10)

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Rev. 2:23• ²³And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth reins and hearts; and I will give you each according to your works. (Rev. 2:23)

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Psa. 139:2• ²Thou knowest my sitting and my rising;{HR}Thou understandest (to) my thought from afar. (Psa. 139:2)

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2 Chron. 15:2• ²{i}And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin{/i}: Jehovah is with you while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. (2 Chron. 15:2)

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know thou.

Deut. 4:35• ³⁵{i}Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that Jehovah, he is God—there is none other besides him.{/i} (Deut. 4:35)

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1 Kings 8:43• ⁴³{i}hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, and that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.{/i} (1 Kings 8:43)

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Psa. 9:10• ¹⁰And they who know thy name will trust in thee;{HR}For thou hast not forsaken those who seek thee, O Jehovah. (Psa. 9:10)

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Jer. 9:24• ²⁴{i}but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah{/i}. (Jer. 9:24)

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Jer. 22:16• ¹⁶He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. (Jer. 22:16)

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Jer. 24:7• ⁷And 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 unto me with their whole heart. (Jer. 24:7)

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Jer. 31:34• ³⁴And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah: for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (Jer. 31:34)

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Hos. 4:1,6• ¹{i}Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel;{/i} for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I too will forget thy children. (Hos. 4:1,6)

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John 8:55• ⁵⁵and ye have not known him, but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like you a liar; but I know him, and keep his word. (John 8:55)

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John 17:3• ³And this is the eternal life, that they know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ. (John 17:3)

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Acts 17:23,30• ²³for passing through and closely observing the objects of your worship, I found also an altar on which was the inscription: To an unknown God. What therefore, ye, without knowing, worship, this I announce to you.
³⁰God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent, (Acts 17:23,30)

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Rom. 1:28• ²⁸And even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper things; (Rom. 1:28)

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1 Cor. 15:34• ³⁴Wake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak unto your shame. (1 Cor. 15:34)

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2 Cor. 4:6• ⁶because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)

the God.

Gen. 28:13• ¹³And behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. (Gen. 28:13)

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Ex. 3:16• ¹⁶Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying, Visiting I have visited you and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt; (Ex. 3:16)

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Ex. 15:2• ²Jah is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.{HR}{i}This is my God, and I will glorify him;{HR}My father's God, and I will extol him.{/i} (Ex. 15:2)

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1 Kings 3:6• ⁶{i}And Solomon said, Thou hast shown unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.{/i} (1 Kings 3:6)

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Psa. 18:2• ²Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge. (Psa. 18:2)

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Psa. 89:26• ²⁶{i}He{/i} shall call upon me, My father [art] {i}thou,{/i}{HR}My God (El) and the rock of my salvation. (Psa. 89:26)

serve him.

1 Chron. 29:9,17‑19• ⁹Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
¹⁷{i}And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee.{/i}
¹⁸O Jehovah God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
¹⁹and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, {i}and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.{/i} (1 Chron. 29:9,17‑19)

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1 Kings 8:61• ⁶¹{i}and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day.{/i} (1 Kings 8:61)

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2 Kings 20:3• ³I beseech, O Jehovah, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. (2 Kings 20:3)

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2 Kings 22:2• ²And he did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. (2 Kings 22:2)

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Job 36:11‑12• ¹¹If they hear and serve, they end their days in good,{HR}And their years in pleasantness;
¹²But if they hear not, their soul passes by the dart,{HR}And expireth in want of knowledge; (Job 36:11‑12)

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Psa. 101:2• ²I will behave myself wisely in an upright way:{HR}When wilt thou come unto me?{HR}I will walk within my house in uprightness of my heart. (Psa. 101:2)

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John 1:47• ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. (John 1:47)

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John 4:24• ²⁴God is a Spirit; and his worshippers must worship [him] in spirit and truth. (John 4:24)

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Rom. 1:29• ²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, ill-will; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)

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Heb. 12:28• ²⁸Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and fear. (Heb. 12:28)

a willing mind.

2 Cor. 8:12• ¹²For if the readiness be there, [one is] accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he hath not. (2 Cor. 8:12)

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2 Cor. 9:7• ⁷each as he hath purposed in his heart, not of sorrow or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. (2 Cor. 9:7)

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1 Peter 5:2• ²Tend the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity but willingly, not for base gain, but readily, (1 Peter 5:2)

the Lord.

1 Chron. 29:17• ¹⁷{i}And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee.{/i} (1 Chron. 29:17)

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1 Sam. 16:7• ⁷{i}But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart.{/i} (1 Sam. 16:7)

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1 Kings 8:39• ³⁹{i}then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men),{/i} (1 Kings 8:39)

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Psa. 7:9• ⁹Let now the evil of the wicked come to an end,{HR}But establish thou the righteous [man]:{HR}And one who trieth hearts and reins [art thou], O righteous God. (Psa. 7:9)

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Psa. 139:2• ²Thou knowest my sitting and my rising;{HR}Thou understandest (to) my thought from afar. (Psa. 139:2)

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Prov. 17:3• ³The crucible [is] for silver and the furnace for gold;{HR}But Jehovah trieth the hearts. (Prov. 17:3)

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Jer. 11:20• ²⁰{i}But thou, Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.{/i} (Jer. 11:20)

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Jer. 17:10• ¹⁰I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (Jer. 17:10)

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Jer. 20:12• ¹²But, Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. (Jer. 20:12)

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John 2:25• ²⁵and because he needed not that any should testify of man, for himself knew what was in man. (John 2:25)

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John 21:17• ¹⁷He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:17)

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Acts 1:24• ²⁴And they prayed and said, Thou, Lord, knower of the hearts of all, show of these two which one thou hast chosen, (Acts 1:24)

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Heb. 4:13• ¹³And not a creature is unmanifest in his sight; but all things [are] naked and laid bare to his eyes with whom [is] our account. (Heb. 4:13)

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Rev. 2:23• ²³And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth reins and hearts; and I will give you each according to your works. (Rev. 2:23)

the imaginations.

Gen. 6:5• ⁵And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man [was] great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually . (Gen. 6:5)

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Gen. 8:21• ²¹And Jehovah smelled the odour of rest. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will not any more again curse the ground on account of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will not any more again smite every living thing as I have done. (Gen. 8:21)

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Deut. 31:21• ²¹{i}And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that 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 are forming already this day, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn unto them.{/i} (Deut. 31:21)

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Psa. 139:2• ²Thou knowest my sitting and my rising;{HR}Thou understandest (to) my thought from afar. (Psa. 139:2)

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Ezek. 38:10• ¹⁰Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall also come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise a wicked device, (Ezek. 38:10)

if thou seek.

2 Chron. 15:2• ²{i}And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin{/i}: Jehovah is with you while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. (2 Chron. 15:2)

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Prov. 2:1‑6• ¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words,{HR}And lay up my commandments with thee;
²So that thou wilt incline thine ear to wisdom,{HR}And apply thy heart to understanding;
³Yea if thou cry after discernment,{HR}[And] lift up thy voice for understanding;
⁴If thou seek her as silver{HR}And search for her as for hid treasures;
⁵Then shalt thou apprehend the fear of Jehovah,{HR}And find the knowledge of God.
⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:1‑6)

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Isa. 45:19• ¹⁹I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I [am] Jehovah speaking righteousness, declaring things that are right. (Isa. 45:19)

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Isa. 55:6‑7• ⁶Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)

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Jer. 29:13• ¹³And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jer. 29:13)

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Matt. 7:7‑8• ⁷Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
⁸For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Matt. 7:7‑8)

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James 4:8‑11• ⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded.
⁹Sorrow, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned unto mourning, and [your] joy unto heaviness.
¹⁰Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he will exalt you.
¹¹Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against law and judgeth law; but if thou judgest law, thou art not a doer of law but a judge. (James 4:8‑11)

if thou forsake.

Deut. 31:16‑17• ¹⁶{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land into which they enter, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.{/i}
¹⁷{i}And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my God is not in my midst?{/i} (Deut. 31:16‑17)

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1 Kings 9:6‑9• ⁶{i}But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments, my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them;{/i}
⁷{i}then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and the house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all peoples;{/i}
⁸{i}and this house, which is high, every one that passes by it shall be astonished at, and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house?{/i}
⁹{i}And they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to other gods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore has Jehovah brought upon them all this evil.{/i} (1 Kings 9:6‑9)

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Ezra 8:22• ²²For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. (Ezra 8:22)

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Isa. 1:28• ²⁸But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners [shall be] together; and those that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed. (Isa. 1:28)

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Heb. 10:38‑39• ³⁸But the just shall live by faith; and if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
³⁹But we are not of drawing back unto perdition but of faith unto soul-saving. (Heb. 10:38‑39)

• Solomon, although considered here in his perfection as the king according to God's counsels, is nonetheless responsible and his kingdom cannot be made firm if he does not measure up to this responsibility. Chronicles, in accord with its purpose, does not present Solomon to us as having failed....Yet nonetheless Solomon remains responsible. Such exactly is Christ's character as the King of righteousness and of peace. He will be responsible to Him who has entrusted the kingdom to Him and will carry out His office perfectly until He delivers up the dominion into the Father's hands (1 Cor. 15:24). Rossier (“Solomon, the King According to the Counsels of God: 1 Chronicles 28” by H.L. Rossier)

• The successors of the first two kings are neither Davids nor Solomons. Kingship according to God's counsels does not go beyond them, for in them in type it reaches to the millennial reign of Christ. (“Solomon, the King According to the Counsels of God: 1 Chronicles 28” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou, Solomon my son, knowb the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.

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Or "acknowledge."

W. Kelly Translation

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And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off forever.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)