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1 Chronicles 17:2

And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.

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Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

In Context

1Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

3But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

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Cross References

Joshua 9:14And the men took some of their food, without requesting directions from the Lord.

1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

1 Kings 8:17Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:2Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

Zechariah 8:23This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.

1 Corinthians 13:9For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:2-16

God's Promise to David. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord , Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in… Read the whole commentary →

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