These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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2 Chronicles 6
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- 1 Then spoke : The hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 2 But I have built Thee a house of habitation, And a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.
- 3 And the turned his , and blessed all the congregation of ; and all the congregation of stood.
- 4 And he said: ‘Blessed be , the of , who spoke with His mouth unto my father, and hath with His hands fulfilled it, saying:
- 5 Since the day that I brought forth My people out of the land of , I chose no city out of all the tribes of to build a house in, that My might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over My people ;
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but I have chosen , that My might be there; and have chosen to be over My people .
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Now it was in the of my father to build a house for the of , the of .
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But said unto my father: Whereas it was in thy to build a house for My , thou didst well that it was in thy ;
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nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for My .
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- 10 And hath established His that He spoke; for I am risen up in the room of my father, and sit on the throne of , as promised, and have built the house for the of , the of .
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And there have I set the , wherein is the of , which He made with the children of .’
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- 12 And he stood before the of in the presence of all the congregation of , and spread forth his hands—
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for had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of , and spread forth his hands toward —
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and he said: ‘O , the of , there is no like Thee, in the , or in the earth; who keepest and with Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their ;
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Exodus 15:11 Deuteronomy 7:9 1 Kings 6:12 Psalm 86:8 Nehemiah 1:5 Genesis 35:10 Luke 1:54-55 Psalm 89:6 Luke 1:72 Micah 7:18-20 1 Thessalonians 2:12 Jeremiah 10:6 Deuteronomy 4:39 Luke 1:6 1 Kings 3:6 Genesis 5:24 Exodus 3:15 Jeremiah 10:16 1 Kings 18:36 1 Chronicles 29:20 Genesis 17:1 1 Kings 8:23 Daniel 9:4 Psalm 89:28 Luke 1:50 Psalm 103:17-18 Psalm 89:8 Genesis 33:20 1 Chronicles 29:10 2 Samuel 7:22 -
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who hast kept with Thy my father that which Thou didst promise him; yea, Thou spokest with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thy hand, as it is this day.
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Now therefore, O , the of , keep with Thy my father that which Thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of ; if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in My as thou hast walked before Me.
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Now therefore, O , the of , let Thy be verified, which Thou spokest unto Thy .
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- 18 But will in very dwell with men on the earth? behold, and the of cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
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Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy , and to his supplication, O my , to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy prayeth before Thee;
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- 20 that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof Thou hast said that thou wouldest put Thy there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy shall pray toward this place.
- 21 And hearken Thou to the supplications of Thy , and of Thy people , when they shall pray toward this place; yea, Thou from Thy dwelling-place, even from ; and when Thou hearest, forgive.
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If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be exacted of him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before Thine in this house;
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- 23 then Thou from , and do, and judge Thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his .
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And if Thy people be smitten down before the enemy, when they sin against Thee, and shall turn again and confess Thy , and pray and make supplication before Thee in this house;
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Leviticus 26:17 Nehemiah 1:8-9 Psalm 44:10 Deuteronomy 4:29-31 Jeremiah 3:12-13 Judges 2:14-15 1 Kings 8:33-34 Proverbs 28:13 Leviticus 26:40-42 Isaiah 63:1-19 2 Kings 17:7-18 Deuteronomy 30:1-6 Judges 2:11 Deuteronomy 28:48 Ezra 9:5-15 Joshua 7:8 Daniel 9:3-19 Leviticus 26:37 Joshua 7:11-12 Deuteronomy 28:25 Nehemiah 9:1-37 -
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then Thou from , and forgive the sin of Thy people , and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
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- 26 When the is shut up, and there is no rain, when they sin against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy , turning from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;
- 27 then Thou in , and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people , when Thou dost direct them on the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
- 28 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be;
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what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all Thy people , who shall every man his own plague and his own pain, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;
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- 30 then Thou from Thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose Thou knowest—for Thou, even Thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men—
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that they may Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they live in the land which Thou gavest unto our fathers.
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Moreover concerning the stranger, that is not of Thy people , when be shall come out of a far country for Thy great name’s sake, and Thy mighty hand, and Thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house;
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Isaiah 56:3-7 Exodus 3:19-20 John 12:20 Exodus 13:14 Acts 10:1-4 Joshua 2:9 Acts 8:27-39 Ruth 1:16 2 Kings 5:3 Ruth 2:11-12 Ephesians 2:12-13 1 Kings 8:41-43 Zechariah 8:22 Joshua 9:9 Zechariah 14:16-17 1 Kings 10:1-2 2 Kings 5:8 Acts 2:10 John 10:16 Matthew 8:10-11 Isaiah 66:20 Psalm 89:13 2 Kings 5:15 Matthew 2:1 Isaiah 60:1-10 Exodus 18:8-12 Matthew 12:42 Exodus 12:48-49 - 33 then Thou from , even from Thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may Thy , and Thee, as doth Thy people , and that they may that Thy is called upon this house which I have built.
- 34 If Thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy ;
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then Thou from their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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If they sin against Thee—for there is no man that sinneth not—and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;
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- 37 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done iniquitously, and have dealt wickedly;
- 38 if they return unto Thee with all their and with all their in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy ;
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then Thou from , even from Thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee.
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- 40 Now, O my , let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
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Now therefore arise, O , into Thy resting-place, Thou, and the of Thy strength; Let Thy priests, O , be clothed with , And let Thy saints rejoice in good.
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1 Chronicles 28:2 Psalm 132:16 Isaiah 61:10 Nehemiah 9:25 Revelation 19:14 Isaiah 65:18-19 Romans 1:16 Psalm 132:8-10 Isaiah 61:3 Isaiah 59:16-18 Psalm 110:2 Isaiah 61:6 Zechariah 9:17 Isaiah 66:1 Galatians 3:27 Revelation 19:8 Romans 13:14 Joshua 6:4-5 Ephesians 4:22-24 Joshua 3:13 Psalm 65:4 Philippians 4:4 Philippians 3:3 Psalm 65:11 -
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O , turn not away the of Thine anointed; Remember the good deeds of Thy .’
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