Verse 9

Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:61 : 61 Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.
  • 2 Cor 8:3 : 3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,
  • 2 Cor 9:7-8 : 7 Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver. 8 And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:
  • Phil 4:10 : 10 But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.
  • John 15:11 : 11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart; 16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
  • Luke 15:6 : 6 And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.
  • Deut 16:10-11 : 10 Then keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God, with an offering freely given to him from the wealth he has given you: 11 Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.
  • Judg 5:9 : 9 Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.
  • 1 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you; 7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith; 8 For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged. 9 For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.