1 Chronicles 29:2

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

Thus all the work that king Solomon did in Yahweh’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of Yahweh’s house.

Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

The children of Israel brought a free will offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.

Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and bronze in abundance without weight;

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created.

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.

‘Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as Yahweh’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,

But all the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to Yahweh. They shall come into Yahweh’s treasury.”

It shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and rush on the city. Behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.”

All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, neither will any of us turn to his house.

They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ households, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.

and they gave for the service of God’s house of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, of silver ten thousand talents, of bronze eighteen thousand talents, and of iron one hundred thousand talents.

Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it, nor will it be valued with pure gold.

Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.

“You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

“This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for Yahweh’s house to be built.’ ”

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

On the first day of every week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.

with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men,

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel. You shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.

You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.

They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.

and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.

The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.

Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let’s go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”

King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;

King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

of the gold, the silver, the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may Yahweh be with you.”

He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim.

Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

Thus all the work that Solomon did for Yahweh’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of God’s house.

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.

It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.

His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches. His arms and his feet were like burnished bronze. The voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.

Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.

They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,