Verse 20

that his heart{H3824} be not lifted up{H7311} above his brethren,{H251} and that he turn not aside{H5493} from the commandment,{H4687} to the right hand,{H3225} or to the left:{H8040} to the end that he may prolong{H748} his days{H3117} in his kingdom,{H4467} he and his children,{H1121} in the midst{H7130} of Israel.{H3478}

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 because David{H1732} did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and turned not aside{H5493} from anything that he commanded{H6680} him all the days{H3117} of his life,{H2416} save only in the matter{H1697} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite.{H2850}
  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe{H8104} to do{H6213} therefore as Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} hath commanded{H6680} you: ye shall not turn aside{H5493} to the right hand{H3225} or to the left.{H8040}
  • Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember{H2142} all the way{H1870} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath led{H3212} thee these forty{H705} years{H8141} in the wilderness,{H4057} that he might humble{H6031} thee, to prove{H5254} thee, to know{H3045} what was in thy heart,{H3824} whether thou wouldest keep{H8104} his commandments,{H4687} or not.
  • Deut 8:13-14 : 13 and when thy herds{H1241} and thy flocks{H6629} multiply,{H7235} and thy silver{H3701} and thy gold{H2091} is multiplied,{H7235} and all that thou hast is multiplied;{H7235} 14 then thy heart{H3824} be lifted up,{H7311} and thou forget{H7911} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} who brought thee forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out of the house{H1004} of bondage;{H5650}
  • Deut 12:25 : 25 Thou shalt not eat{H398} it; that it may go well{H3190} with thee, and with thy children{H1121} after{H310} thee, when thou shalt do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Deut 12:28 : 28 Observe{H8104} and hear{H8085} all these words{H1697} which I command{H6680} thee, that it may go well{H3190} with thee, and with thy children{H1121} after{H310} thee for{H5704} ever,{H5769} when thou doest{H6213} that which is good{H2896} and right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}
  • Deut 12:32 : 32 What thing{H1697} soever I command{H6680} you, that shall ye observe{H8104} to do:{H6213} thou shalt not add{H3254} thereto, nor diminish{H1639} from it.
  • Deut 17:11 : 11 according to the tenor{H6310} of the law{H8451} which they shall teach{H3384} thee, and according to the judgment{H4941} which they shall tell{H559} thee, thou shalt do;{H6213} thou shalt not turn aside{H5493} from the sentence{H1697} which they shall show{H5046} thee, to the right hand,{H3225} nor to the left.{H8040}
  • 1 Sam 13:13-14 : 13 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} to Saul,{H7586} Thou hast done foolishly;{H5528} thou hast not kept{H8104} the commandment{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} which he commanded{H6680} thee: for now would Jehovah{H3068} have established{H3559} thy kingdom{H4467} upon Israel{H3478} for{H5704} ever.{H5769} 14 But now thy kingdom{H4467} shall not continue:{H6965} Jehovah{H3068} hath sought{H1245} him a man{H376} after his own heart,{H3824} and Jehovah{H3068} hath appointed{H6680} him to be prince{H5057} over his people,{H5971} because thou hast not kept{H8104} that which Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} thee.
  • 1 Sam 15:23 : 23 For rebellion{H4805} is as the sin{H2403} of witchcraft,{H7081} and stubbornness{H6484} is as idolatry{H8655} and teraphim.{H205} Because thou hast rejected{H3988} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} he hath also rejected{H3988} thee from being king.{H4428}
  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13 : 12 Notwithstanding in thy days{H3117} I will not do{H6213} it, for David{H1732} thy father's{H1} sake: but I will rend{H7167} it out of the hand{H3027} of thy son.{H1121} 13 Howbeit{H7535} I will not rend away{H7167} all the kingdom;{H4467} but I will give{H5414} one{H259} tribe{H7626} to thy son,{H1121} for David{H1732} my servant's{H5650} sake, and for Jerusalem's{H3389} sake which I have chosen.{H977}
  • 1 Kgs 11:34 : 34 Howbeit I will not take{H3947} the whole kingdom{H4467} out of his hand;{H3027} but I will make{H7896} him prince{H5387} all the days{H3117} of his life,{H2416} for David{H1732} my servant's{H5650} sake whom I chose,{H977} who kept{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes;{H2708}
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son{H1121} will I give{H5414} one{H259} tribe,{H7626} that David{H1732} my servant{H5650} may have a lamp{H5216} alway{H3117} before{H6440} me in Jerusalem,{H3389} the city{H5892} which I have chosen{H977} me to put{H7760} my name{H8034} there.
  • Deut 4:2 : 2 Ye shall not add{H3254} unto the word{H1697} which I command{H6680} you, neither shall ye diminish{H1639} from it, that ye may keep{H8104} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} which I command{H6680} you.
  • 2 Kgs 10:30 : 30 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Jehu,{H3058} Because thou hast done well{H2895} in executing{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in mine eyes,{H5869} [and] hast done{H6213} unto the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256} according to all that was in my heart,{H3824} thy sons{H1121} of the fourth{H7243} generation shall sit{H3427} on the throne{H3678} of Israel.{H3478}
  • 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Thou hast indeed{H5221} smitten{H5221} Edom,{H123} and thy heart{H3820} hath lifted thee up:{H5375} glory{H3513} thereof, and abide{H3427} at home;{H1004} for why shouldest thou meddle{H1624} to [thy] hurt,{H7451} that thou shouldest fall,{H5307} even thou, and Judah{H3063} with thee?
  • 2 Chr 25:19 : 19 Thou sayest,{H559} Lo, thou hast smitten{H5221} Edom;{H123} and thy heart{H3820} lifteth thee up{H5375} to boast:{H3513} abide{H3427} now at home;{H1004} why shouldest thou meddle{H1624} to [thy] hurt,{H7451} that thou shouldest fall,{H5307} even thou, and Judah{H3063} with thee?
  • 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he was strong,{H2393} his heart{H3820} was lifted up,{H1361} so that he did corruptly,{H7843} and he trespassed{H4603} against Jehovah{H3068} his God;{H430} for he went{H935} into the temple{H1964} of Jehovah{H3068} to burn incense{H6999} upon the altar{H4196} of incense.{H6999}
  • 2 Chr 32:25-26 : 25 But Hezekiah{H3169} rendered not again{H7725} according to the benefit{H1576} done unto him; for his heart{H3820} was lifted up:{H1361} therefore there was wrath{H7110} upon him, and upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem.{H3389} 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah{H3169} humbled{H3665} himself for the pride{H1363} of his heart,{H3820} both he and the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} so that the wrath{H7110} of Jehovah{H3068} came{H935} not upon them in the days{H3117} of Hezekiah.{H3169}
  • 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in distress,{H6887} he besought{H2470} Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} and humbled{H3665} himself greatly{H3966} before{H6440} the God{H430} of his fathers.{H1}
  • 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer{H8605} also, and how [God] was entreated{H6279} of him, and all his sin{H2403} and his trespass,{H4604} and the places{H4725} wherein he built{H1129} high places,{H1116} and set up{H5975} the Asherim{H842} and the graven images,{H6456} before{H6440} he humbled{H3665} himself: behold, they are written{H3789} in the history{H1697} of Hozai.{H2374}
  • 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 And he humbled{H3665} not himself before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} as Manasseh{H4519} his father{H1} had humbled{H3665} himself; but this same Amon{H526} trespassed{H819} more{H7235} and more.
  • 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 because thy heart{H3824} was tender,{H7401} and thou didst humble{H3665} thyself before{H6440} God,{H430} when thou heardest{H8085} his words{H1697} against this place,{H4725} and against the inhabitants{H3427} thereof, and hast humbled{H3665} thyself before{H6440} me, and hast rent{H7167} thy clothes,{H899} and wept{H1058} before{H6440} me; I also have heard{H8085} thee, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Ps 19:11 : 11 Moreover by them is thy servant{H5650} warned:{H2094} In keeping{H8104} them there is great{H7227} reward.{H6118}
  • Ps 131:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. Jehovah,{H3068} my heart{H3820} is not haughty,{H1361} nor mine eyes{H5869} lofty;{H7311} Neither do I exercise{H1980} myself in great matters,{H1419} Or in things too wonderful{H6381} for me. 2 Surely I have stilled{H7737} and quieted{H1826} my soul;{H5315} Like a weaned{H1580} child with his mother,{H517} Like a weaned child{H1580} is my soul{H5315} within me.
  • Ps 132:12 : 12 If thy children{H1121} will keep{H8104} my covenant{H1285} And my testimony{H5713} that{H2090} I shall teach{H3925} them, Their children{H1121} also shall sit{H3427} upon thy throne{H3678} for evermore.{H5703}
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear{H3374} of Jehovah{H3068} prolongeth{H3254} days;{H3117} But the years{H8141} of the wicked{H7563} shall be shortened.{H7114}
  • Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches{H2633} are not for ever:{H5769} And doth the crown{H5145} endure unto all{H1755} generations?{H1755}
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 but it shall not be well{H2896} with the wicked,{H7563} neither shall he prolong{H748} [his] days,{H3117} [which are] as a shadow;{H6738} because he feareth{H3373} not before{H6440} God.{H430}
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 For there shall be a day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} upon all that is proud{H1343} and haughty,{H1343} and upon all that is lifted up;{H5375} and it shall be brought low;{H8213}
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart{H3825} was lifted up,{H7313} and his spirit{H7308} was hardened{H8631} so that he dealt proudly,{H2103} he was deposed{H5182} from{H4481} his kingly{H4437} throne,{H3764} and they took{H5709} his glory{H3367} from him:{H4481} 21 and he was driven{H2957} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men,{H606} and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739} like{H5974} the beasts',{H2423} and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses;{H6167} he was fed{H2939} with grass{H6211} like oxen,{H8450} and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647} with the dew{H2920} of heaven;{H8065} until{H5705} he knew{H3046} that the Most High{H5943} God{H426} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men,{H606} and that he setteth{H6966} up over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will.{H6634} 22 And thou{H607} his son,{H1247} O Belshazzar,{H1113} hast not{H3809} humbled{H8214} thy heart,{H3825} though{H6903} thou knewest{H3046} all{H3606} this,{H1836} 23 but hast lifted up{H7313} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven;{H8065} and they have brought{H858} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607} and thy lords,{H7261} thy wives{H7695} and thy concubines,{H3904} have drunk{H8355} wine{H2562} from them; and thou hast praised{H7624} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702} and gold,{H1722} of brass,{H5174} iron,{H6523} wood,{H636} and stone,{H69} which see{H2370} not,{H3809} nor{H3809} hear,{H8086} nor{H3809} know;{H3046} and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways,{H735} hast thou not{H3809} glorified.{H1922}
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul{H5315} is puffed up,{H6075} it is not upright{H3474} in him; but the righteous{H6662} shall live{H2421} by his faith.{H530}
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And{G2532} by{G3361} reason{G2443} of the exceeding greatness{G5236} of the revelations,{G602} that I should not be exalted overmuch,{G5229} there was given{G1325} to me{G3427} a thorn{G4647} in the flesh,{G4561} a messenger{G32} of Satan{G4566} to{G2443} buffet{G2852} me,{G3165} that{G2443} I should not{G3361} be exalted overmuch.{G5229}
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise,{G3668} ye{G240} younger,{G3501} be subject{G5293} unto the elder.{G4245} Yea,{G1161} all{G3956} of you gird yourselves with{G1463} humility,{G5012} to serve one another:{G5293} for{G3754} God{G2316} resisteth{G498} the proud,{G5244} but{G1161} giveth{G1325} grace{G5485} to the humble.{G5011}