1Ch 28:9, Psa 44:9-26, 60:1, 10, 77:7, Jer 12:1, Hos 9:17 | 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.

Psalms 44:9-26

9 But you have ^drejected us and disgraced us
and ^ehave not gone out with our armies.
10 You have made us ^fturn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like ^gsheep for slaughter
and have ^hscattered us among the nations.
12 ⁱYou have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us ^jthe taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and ^kscorn of those around us.
14 You have made us ^la byword among the nations,
^ma laughingstock ^{▼▼Hebrew a shaking of the head} among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and ^oshame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of ^pthe enemy and the avenger.
17 ^qAll this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our ^rsteps ^sdeparted from your way;
19 yet you have ^tbroken us in the place of ^ujackals
and covered us with ^vthe shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or ^wspread out our hands to ^xa foreign god,
21 ^ywould not God discover this?
^zFor he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet ^aafor your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 ^abAwake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! ^acDo not reject us forever!
24 Why ^addo you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our ^aesoul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up; ^afcome to our help!
^agRedeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

Psalms 60:1

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to ^ahShushan Eduth. A ^aiMiktam ^{▼▼Probably musical or liturgical terms} of David; ^akfor instruction; when he ^alstrove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

1 O God, ^amyou have rejected us, ^anbroken our defenses;
you have been angry; ^aooh, restore us.

Psalms 60:10

10 Have you not ^aprejected us, O God?
You ^aqdo not go forth, O God, with our armies.

Psalms 77:7

7 “Will the Lord ^arspurn forever,
and never again ^asbe favorable?

Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah’s Complaint

1 ^atRighteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
^auWhy does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all ^avwho are treacherous thrive?

Hosea 9:17

17 ^awMy God will reject them
because they have not listened to him;
^axthey shall be wanderers among the nations.