1Ch 28:9, Jer 22:16, Hos 4:1, 1Jo 2:3, 3:6 | 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 .

a[1 Kgs. 8:61]

bSee 1 Sam. 16:7

cSee 2 Chr. 15:2

d Prov. 31:9; [Isa. 1:17]

e[See ver. 15 above]

f[Judg. 2:10]

gSee ch. 5:1

h Isa. 3:13, 14; Jer. 25:31; Mic. 6:2

i[ver. 6, 14; Jer. 4:22; 5:4]

j John 14:15; 15:10

k ch. 2:4; 4:8; 3 John 11

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.

Jeremiah 22:16

16 ^dHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^ethen it was well.
Is not this ^fto know me?
declares the Lord.

Hosea 4:1

The Lord Accuses Israel

1 ^gHear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for ^hthe Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and ⁱno knowledge of God in the land;

1 John 2:3

3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we ^jkeep his commandments.

1 John 3:6

6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; ^kno one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.