Holy Scripture

1 Chronicles 28:9

A church father on this verse
“"Do you know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy." And in another place: "The Lord is with you as long as you are with him. If you abandon him, he also will abandon you."”
Jerome, 5th c. — Against the Pelagians 3.1

Source: Septuagint

Original

9And now, my son Solomon, know the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee forever.

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7And I will establish his kingdom forever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day.

8And now I charge you before the whole assembly of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that ye may inherit the good land, and leave it for your sons to inherit after you forever.

— 1 Chronicles 28:9 —

10See now, for the Lord has chosen thee to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do it.

11And David gave Solomon his son the plan of the temple, and its buildings, and its treasuries, and its upper chambers, and the inner storerooms, and the place of the atonement,

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