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1 Chronicles 28:9

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

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ASV

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

KJV

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if 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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Original language & word study

29 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
שְׁלֹמֹֽה־she.lo.moh-O SolomonH8010 →
בְנִ֡יve.Nison myH1121 →
דַּע֩da'knowH3045 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
אָבִ֜יךָ'a.Vi.khafather yourH1 →
וְעָבְדֵ֗הוּve.'a.ve.De.huand serve himH5647 →
בְּלֵ֤בbe.Levwith a heartH3820 →
שָׁלֵם֙sha.LemcompleteH8003 →
וּבְנֶ֣פֶשׁu.ve.Ne.feshand with a beingH5315 →
חֲפֵצָ֔הcha.fe.TzahwillingH2655 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
לְבָבוֹת֙le.va.VotheartsH3824 →
דּוֹרֵ֣שׁdo.Resh[is] searchingH1875 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
יֵ֥צֶרYe.tzerinclination ofH3336 →
מַחֲשָׁב֖וֹתma.cha.sha.VotthoughtsH4284 →
מֵבִ֑יןme.Vin[he is] understandingH995 →
אִֽם־'im-ifH518 →
תִּדְרְשֶׁ֙נּוּ֙tid.re.She.nuyou will seek himH1875 →
יִמָּ֣צֵאyi.Ma.tze'he will let himself be foundH4672 →
לָ֔ךְLakhby you
וְאִם־ve.'im-and ifH518 →
תַּֽעַזְבֶ֖נּוּta.'az.Ve.nuyou will forsake himH5800 →
יַזְנִיחֲךָ֥yaz.ni.cha.Khahe will reject youH2186 →
לָעַֽד׃la.'Adfor everH5703 →

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Jeremiah 29:13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.James 4:8–11Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.Isaiah 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.1 Kings 8:61So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”Proverbs 2:1–6My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.Psalms 9:10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.Hebrews 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”John 4:24God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.Psalms 139:2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.Ezra 8:22For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”Hebrews 10:38–39But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

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