2 Kings 17:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:37 : 37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.
  • Deut 4:44-45 : 44 This is the law which Moses put before the children of Israel: 45 These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;
  • Deut 5:31-6:2 : 31 But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage. 32 Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left. 33 Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage. 1 Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going: 2 So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.
  • Deut 12:32 : 32 You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.
  • Deut 31:9 : 9 Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.
  • Deut 31:11 : 11 When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.
  • 1 Chr 29:19 : 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.
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders: 14 And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
  • Ps 19:8-9 : 8 The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey. 11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
  • Ps 105:44-45 : 44 And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage; 45 So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 17:38-39
    2 verses
    88%

    38 And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other gods.

    39 And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.

  • 2 Kgs 17:33-36
    4 verses
    84%

    33 They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

    34 So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;

    35 And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

    36 But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:

  • Deut 6:17
    78%

    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

  • Deut 27:10
    78%

    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.

  • Deut 11:32
    77%

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

  • Deut 11:1
    77%

    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.

  • Deut 13:4
    77%

    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.

  • Deut 8:6
    76%

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

  • Deut 7:11
    76%

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

  • Deut 6:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

    14 Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

  • Deut 28:58
    76%

    58 If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

  • Deut 10:20
    75%

    20 Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

  • Lev 19:37
    75%

    37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

  • Deut 28:14
    75%

    14 Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

  • Deut 4:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.

    14 And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

  • Deut 4:40
    75%

    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.

  • Deut 4:2
    74%

    2 Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

  • Deut 17:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:

    19 And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:

  • Deut 6:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

    2 So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

  • Deut 26:16
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
    74%

    19 But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

  • Deut 6:24
    74%

    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.

  • Deut 5:7
    74%

    7 You are to have no other gods but me.

  • Deut 12:1
    74%

    1 These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.

  • Deut 8:11
    74%

    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:

  • Deut 7:18
    74%

    18 Have no fear of them, but keep well in mind what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt;

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
    73%

    6 But if you are turned from my ways, you or your children, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods and give them worship:

  • Deut 5:32
    73%

    32 Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

  • Deut 11:22
    73%

    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:

  • Deut 3:22
    73%

    22 Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.

  • Deut 4:5
    73%

    5 I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

  • Josh 23:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    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;

    7 Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

  • Deut 10:13
    73%

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

  • Lev 22:31
    73%

    31 So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

  • Deut 1:18
    73%

    18 And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.

  • Deut 30:17
    73%

    17 But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:

  • Exod 34:27
    73%

    27 And the Lord said to Moses, Put all these words in writing; for on them is based the agreement which I will make with you.

  • Deut 8:1
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 20:3
    73%

    3 You are to have no other gods but me.

  • Deut 32:46
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 4:23
    73%

    23 Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.