Quotes from Chronicles

12 notable lines from Ezra · c. 400 BCE

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

God to Solomon, 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

    The prayer of Jabez, 1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV)

  2. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

    David's psalm of thanksgiving, 1 Chronicles 16:34 (KJV)

  3. 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.

    David's prayer, 1 Chronicles 29:11 (KJV)

  4. For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

    Hanani the seer to Asa, 2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV)

  5. Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

    Jahaziel to Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 20:15 (KJV)

  6. Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

    David's psalm of thanksgiving, 1 Chronicles 16:11 (KJV)

  7. Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

    Jehoshaphat to Judah, 2 Chronicles 20:20 (KJV)

  8. But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

    Solomon at the temple's dedication, 2 Chronicles 6:18 (KJV)

  9. Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

    David charging Solomon, 1 Chronicles 28:20 (KJV)

  10. Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

    Azariah the prophet to Asa, 2 Chronicles 15:7 (KJV)

  11. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

    David's prayer, 1 Chronicles 29:15 (KJV)