1 Chronicles 29:12 (LSB)

Passage

Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:10 So David blessed Yahweh in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from everlasting to everlasting.

1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.

1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.

1 Chronicles 29:13 So now, our God, we are thanking You and praising Your glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:14 “But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as willingly as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "both", "riches", "honor", "come", "rule", "over", "hand", and "power". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "both" and "riches", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Yours O Yahweh is the greatness and..." into verse 13's "So now our God we are thanking...", so "both" and "riches" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "both" and "riches" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.