1 Kings 8:61

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
  • 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.
  • 1 Kgs 15:14 : 14 The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
  • Deut 18:13 : 13 You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
  • Job 1:8 : 8 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
  • Phil 3:12-16 : 12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before, 14 I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you: 16 Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

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  • 82%

    57 Now may the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him never go away from us or give us up;

    58 Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

  • 8 But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.

  • 13 You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.

  • 79%

    16 Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

    17 Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

  • 8 So now, before the eyes of all Israel, the people of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, keep and be true to the orders of the Lord your God; so that you may have this good land for yourselves and give it for a heritage to your children after you for ever.

  • 22 For if you take care to keep all the orders which I give you, and to do them; loving the Lord your God and walking in all his ways and being true to him:

  • 1 So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.

  • 60 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.

  • 78%

    12 And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,

    13 Doing the orders of the Lord and keeping his laws which I give you this day for your good?

  • 6 Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.

  • Deut 6:17-18
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    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

    18 And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

  • 3 And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

  • 13 And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,

  • 18 So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • 10 For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

  • 9 And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.

  • 8 So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;

  • 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;

  • 17 And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

  • 1 Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.

  • 11 So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.

  • 5 Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • 11 Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:

  • 31 Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book.

  • 8 And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

  • Deut 6:24-25
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    24 And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.

    25 And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

  • 32 And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

  • Deut 6:5-6
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    5 And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

    6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

  • 4 But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.

  • 16 In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.

  • 10 If you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his orders and his laws which are recorded in this book of the law, and turning to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • 8 And you will again give ear to the voice of the Lord, and do all his orders which I have given you today.

  • 7 Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings.

  • 11 So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.

  • 6 So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;

  • 9 So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

  • 20 So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.

  • 28 Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • 2 And your hearts are turned again to the Lord your God, and you give ear to his word which I give you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul:

  • 40 Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.

  • 9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

  • 3 And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

  • 46 Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.

  • 19 And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready.