1 Chronicles 29:16

Lord our God, even all this wealth that we have provided to build you a house for your holy name comes from what you give, and it all belongs to you.

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O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

In Context

15In your eyes we are strangers and foreigners, just like our forefathers. Our time here on earth passes like a shadow, we have no hope of staying here long.

17I know, my God, that you look on the inside and are happy when we live right. Everything I have given willingly and with an honest heart, and now I have seen your people here giving happily and willingly to you.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we are able to give as willingly as this? For everything we have comes from you—we are only giving back what you have given us.

Psalms 24:1The earth is the Lord's, and everything that is in it belongs to him. The world is his, and everyone who lives there.

Luke 19:16The first servant came in and said, ‘Lord, your money has earned ten times as much.’

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 29:11-23

David's Prayer to God; Sacrifices Offered. ( b. c. 1015.) 10 Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11 Thine, O Lord , is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord , and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine… Read the whole commentary →

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