1 Kings 3:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If you walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and commandments as your father David did, then I will prolong your days.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And if thou wilt walk{H3212} in my ways,{H1870} to keep{H8104} my statutes{H2706} and my commandments,{H4687} as thy father{H1} David{H1732} did walk,{H1980} then I will lengthen{H748} thy days.{H3117}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And if thou wilt walk{H3212}{(H8799)} in my ways{H1870}, to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} my statutes{H2706} and my commandments{H4687}, as thy father{H1} David{H1732} did walk{H1980}{(H8804)}, then I will lengthen{H748}{(H8689)} thy days{H3117}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And yf thou wilt walke in my wayes, so that thou kepe myne ordinaunces and lawes, as Dauid thy father hath walked, then wyll I geue the a longe lyfe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to keepe mine ordinances & my commandements, as thy father Dauid did walke, I will prolong thy dayes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to kepe myne ordinaunces and my commaundementes, as thy father Dauid dyd walke, I will lengthen thy dayes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation."
  • Prov 3:2 : 2 For they will add length of days, years of life, and peace to you.
  • Prov 3:16 : 16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day."
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 1 Chr 22:12-13 : 12 Only may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13 Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and ordinances that the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous; do not fear or be dismayed.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  • 2 Chr 7:17-19 : 17 As for you, if you walk before Me as David your father did, and do all I have commanded, and observe My statutes and judgments, 18 Then I will establish your royal throne, as I made a covenant with David your father, saying, 'You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.' 19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
  • 2 Chr 17:3-4 : 3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the early ways of his ancestor David and did not seek after the Baals. 4 Instead, he sought the God of his father and obeyed His commands rather than following the practices of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.
  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, walking in the ways of his forefather David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  • Ps 21:4 : 4 For You meet him with blessings of good things; You place a crown of pure gold upon his head.
  • 1 Kgs 9:4-5 : 4 'And as for you, if you walk before Me faithfully, as your father David did, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you and keeping My statutes and judgments, 5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David, saying, 'You will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'
  • Ps 132:12 : 12 If your sons keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also will sit upon your throne forever.
  • Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Deut 25:15 : 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  • 1 Kgs 2:3-4 : 3 Obey the charge of the LORD your God by walking in His ways, keeping His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses. In this way, you will prosper in all you do and wherever you turn. 4 And you will ensure that the LORD fulfills His promise to me, saying, 'If your sons are careful to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
  • 1 Kgs 3:3 : 3 Solomon loved the LORD, walking according to the statutes of his father David, yet he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
  • Zech 3:7 : 7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among those standing here.'
  • Acts 13:22 : 22 After removing him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He testified, 'I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For bodily training is of some value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 6:12
    82%

    12 Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and carry out my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4-5
    2 verses
    82%

    4 'And as for you, if you walk before Me faithfully, as your father David did, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you and keeping My statutes and judgments,

    5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David, saying, 'You will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'

  • 2 Chr 7:17-18
    2 verses
    82%

    17 As for you, if you walk before Me as David your father did, and do all I have commanded, and observe My statutes and judgments,

    18 Then I will establish your royal throne, as I made a covenant with David your father, saying, 'You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.'

  • 1 Kgs 11:37-38
    2 verses
    81%

    37 I will take you, and you will reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

    38 If you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, doing what is right in My eyes by keeping My statutes and commands, as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    79%

    6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day."

  • 1 Chr 28:7
    78%

    7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he is resolute in keeping My commandments and ordinances, as he is doing today.’

  • 1 Kgs 3:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12 behold, I have done what you asked. I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.

    13 I have also given you what you did not ask for: both wealth and honor, so that in your lifetime no king will compare to you.

  • Prov 3:2
    77%

    2 For they will add length of days, years of life, and peace to you.

  • 1 Chr 29:19
    75%

    19 And give my son Solomon an undivided heart to keep your commandments, your statutes, and your decrees, and to carry out all these plans, building the temple for which I have made preparations.

  • 1 Kgs 2:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1 As David's final days approached, he commanded his son Solomon, saying:

    2 I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself to be a man.

    3 Obey the charge of the LORD your God by walking in His ways, keeping His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses. In this way, you will prosper in all you do and wherever you turn.

    4 And you will ensure that the LORD fulfills His promise to me, saying, 'If your sons are careful to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 You have kept Your promise to Your servant David, my father. With Your mouth, You spoke it, and with Your hand, You have fulfilled it as it is today.

    16 'Now, LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant David, my father, what You promised him, saying: "You shall never lack a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in their ways, walking in My law as you have walked before Me."

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24 'You have kept Your word to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You fulfilled with Your hand, as it is today.'

    25 'Now, LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant David, my father, what You promised him: “You shall never fail to have a descendant to sit on the throne of Israel before Me, if only your descendants are careful to walk before Me as you have walked before Me.”'

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
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    8 Solomon replied to God, "You have shown great lovingkindness to my father David and have made me king in his place.

    9 Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

  • Deut 4:40
    74%

    40 Keep His statutes and commandments that I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

  • Prov 9:11
    74%

    11 For through me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

  • 2 Chr 1:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for wealth, possessions, honor, the death of your enemies, or even many long years—but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king—

    12 Therefore wisdom and knowledge are given to you. I will also give you wealth, possessions, and honor, such as no king before you ever had and none after you will have."

  • Deut 6:2
    73%

    2 So that you may fear the LORD your God by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I am commanding you today—you, your children, and your grandchildren—all the days of your life, and so your days may be prolonged.

  • Ps 61:6
    73%

    6 For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name.

  • 1 Chr 28:9
    73%

    9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

  • Lev 26:3
    73%

    3 If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and carry them out,

  • 1 Chr 29:28
    72%

    28 David died at a good old age, having enjoyed a full life of days, riches, and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:37
    72%

    37 Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than the throne of my lord King David."

  • 2 Chr 6:31
    72%

    31 so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live on the face of the earth, which You gave to our ancestors.

  • 1 Chr 22:11
    72%

    11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you.

  • Deut 11:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 so that your days and the days of your children may be prolonged in the land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

    22 For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

  • Deut 5:33
    72%

    33 Walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land you will possess.

  • Deut 17:20
    72%

    20 In this way, his heart will not become proud above his fellow Israelites, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left. He and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:30
    71%

    30 I will carry out today what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying: 'Your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.'

  • 1 Chr 17:11
    71%

    11 When your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
    71%

    45 'But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.'

  • Ps 132:12
    71%

    12 If your sons keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also will sit upon your throne forever.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
    71%

    34 'However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will allow him to remain ruler all his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept My commands and statutes.'

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
    71%

    15 Then Solomon awoke, and it was a dream. He came to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

  • 1 Sam 12:14
    71%

    14 If you fear the LORD, serve Him, obey His voice, and do not rebel against His command, then both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12
    71%

    12 "Now go, please, let me advise you so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
    71%

    23 So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all of Israel obeyed him.

  • 2 Sam 7:12
    71%

    12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • Prov 4:10
    71%

    10 Listen, my son, and accept my words, and the years of your life will be many.

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