1Ch 28:9, 29:5, 9, 14, Neh 11:2, Isa 6:8, 2Cor 8:12, Phile 14, 1Pe 5:2-4 | ESV | STEP | And you, Solomon my son , know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind , for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought . If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever .

1 Chronicles 28:9

David’s Charge to Solomon

9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ^awhole heart and with a willing mind, ^bfor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. ^cIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

1 Chronicles 29:5

5 and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself ^{▼▼Or ordaining himself; Hebrew filling his hand} today to the Lord?”

1 Chronicles 29:9

9 Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a ^ewhole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

1 Chronicles 29:14

14 “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.

Nehemiah 11:2

2 And the people blessed all the men ^fwho willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 6:8

Isaiah’s Commission from the Lord

8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for ^gus?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”

2 Corinthians 8:12

12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable ^haccording to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

Philemon 14

14 but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be ⁱby compulsion but of your own accord.

1 Peter 5:2-4

2 ^jshepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight} ^lnot under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit as God would have you} ⁿnot for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not ^odomineering over those in your charge, but ^pbeing examples to the flock. 4 And when ^qthe chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the ^runfading ^scrown of glory.