Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
Triest the heart
Hast pleasure
In the uprightness
Joy thy people
General references
Bible References
Triest the heart
1 Chronicles 28:9
“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Deuteronomy 8:2 You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Psalm 7:9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;
For the righteous Godtries the hearts and minds.
For the righteous God
Psalm 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You willmake me know wisdom.
And in the hidden part You will
Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,
But theLord weighs the motives.
But the
Proverbs 21:2 Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But the Lordweighs the hearts.
But the Lord
Jeremiah 17:10 “I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test themind,
Evento give to each man according to his ways,
According to theresults of his deeds.
I test the
Even
According to the
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
Hast pleasure
Proverbs 11:20 The perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord,
But theblameless in their walk are His delight.
But the
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
Butthe prayer of the upright is His delight.
But
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
In the uprightness
Acts 24:16
In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;
Joy thy people
1 Chronicles 29:9
Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly.
Philemon 1:7
For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
General references
Exodus 35:21 Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the Lord’s contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments.