Verse 9

The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the LORD with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:61 : 61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the LORD our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”
  • 2 Cor 8:3 : 3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,
  • 2 Cor 9:7-8 : 7 Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.
  • Phil 4:10 : 10 Appreciation for Support I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me.(Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)
  • John 15:11 : 11 I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
  • Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad; 16 my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
  • Luke 15:6 : 6 Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.
  • Deut 16:10-11 : 10 Then you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks before the LORD your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring, in proportion to how he has blessed you. 11 You shall rejoice before him– you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you– in the place where the LORD chooses to locate his name.
  • Judg 5:9 : 9 My heart went out to Israel’s leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the LORD!
  • 1 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you! 7 So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith. 8 For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord. 9 For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Christian Practices So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!