1 Kings 15:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.

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  • 1 Kgs 14:8 : 8 And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.
  • 2 Sam 11:15-17 : 15 And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death. 16 So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were. 17 And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
  • Acts 13:22 : 22 And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.
  • Acts 13:36 : 36 Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:
  • 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.
  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.
  • Ps 51:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
  • 2 Sam 11:3-4 : 3 And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

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  • 1 Kgs 15:3-4
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    3And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

    4But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;

  • 2 Sam 12:9-10
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    9Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

  • 2 Sam 11:9-12
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    9But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

    10And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

    11And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.

    12And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
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    2And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
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    3He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
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    11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
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    2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

  • 1 Sam 18:14
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    14And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
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    2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

  • 1 Sam 29:6
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    6Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
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    38And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
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    8And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
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    12And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
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    32He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 18:5-6
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    5He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.

    6For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
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    15So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

  • 2 Chr 21:7
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    7But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
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    5For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

  • 1 Kgs 8:25
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    25So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

  • 2 Sam 5:4
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    4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,

  • 2 Sam 11:14-15
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    14Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

    15And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
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    15For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

    16So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
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    15Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
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    3And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Sam 8:15
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    15And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
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    25And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 11:27
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    27And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

  • 2 Sam 7:17
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    17So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
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    34But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
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    3He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
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    34And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Sam 11:3
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    3And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • 2 Sam 11:6
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    6And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4
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    4As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;

  • 2 Sam 5:10
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    10And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
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    2And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;

  • 1 Chr 14:16
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    16And David did as the Lord had said; and they overcame the army of the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
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    5And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 22:14
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    14Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
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    3You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

  • 1 Chr 15:2
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    2Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.