Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 Chronicles 17:8, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- 1 Samuel 18:14
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
- 1 Chronicles 17:2
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
- Psalms 113:7
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
- 2 Samuel 7:9
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the na…
- 1 Samuel 18:28
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
- Psalms 75:7
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Psalms 46:7
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 71:21
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
- Genesis 28:15
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee,…
- 1 Chronicles 17:17
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me …
- 2 Samuel 8:8
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
- 2 Samuel 22:38
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
More to meet God in 1 Chronicles
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.