1 Kings 15:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and did not turn aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    because Dauid dyd the thinge yt was righte in ye sighte of the LORDE, and departed not from all that he commaunded him as longe as he lyued (sauynge in the matter with Vrias ye Hethite).

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde, and turned from nothing that he commanded him, all the dayes of his life, saue onely in the matter of Vriah the Hittite.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and turned from nothing that he commaunded him all the dayes of his lyfe, saue onely in the matter of Urias the Hethite.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    in that David did that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from all that He commanded him all days of his life -- only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 14:8 : 8 And tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you: yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in my eyes;
  • 2 Sam 11:15-17 : 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the fiercest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die. 16 So it happened, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men. 17 Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 And if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My judgments:
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • Acts 13:22 : 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he also gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will.
  • Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption:
  • 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not right with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned aside neither to the right hand nor to the left.
  • Ps 51:1 : 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have respect to all Your commandments.
  • 2 Sam 11:3-4 : 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 15:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not right with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

    4Nevertheless, for David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 12:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

  • 2 Sam 11:9-12
    4 verses
    73%

    9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

    10When they told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?

    11And Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.

    12Then David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    73%

    2And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned aside neither to the right hand nor to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    73%

    3He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as David his father had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    73%

    11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as David his father had done.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    72%

    2And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

  • 1 Sam 18:14
    72%

    14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    72%

    2And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • 1 Sam 29:6
    72%

    6Then Achish called David and said to him, Surely, as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and coming in with me in the army is good in my sight, for I have found no evil in you since the day of your coming to me until this day; nevertheless the lords do not favor you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    72%

    4That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    71%

    38And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    71%

    8And tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you: yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in my eyes;

  • 2 Sam 5:12
    71%

    12And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    71%

    32And he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 18:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any before him.

    6For he clung to the LORD and did not depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
    71%

    15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

  • 2 Chr 21:7
    70%

    7However, the LORD would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant He had made with David, and as He promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    70%

    5For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • 1 Kgs 8:25
    70%

    25Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.

  • 2 Sam 5:4
    70%

    4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

  • 2 Sam 11:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

    15And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the fiercest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15You who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him; and spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.

    16Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
    70%

    15And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    70%

    3And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

  • 2 Sam 8:15
    70%

    15And David reigned over all Israel, and David executed judgment and justice for all his people.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    70%

    25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 11:27
    69%

    27And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 7:17
    69%

    17According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
    69%

    34However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    69%

    3And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    69%

    34And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Sam 11:3
    69%

    3So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • 2 Sam 11:6
    69%

    6Then David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4
    69%

    4And if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My judgments:

  • 2 Sam 5:10
    69%

    10And David went on and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    69%

    2And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    69%

    16David therefore did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    69%

    5And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 22:14
    69%

    14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
    69%

    3You know how David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars that surrounded him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

  • 1 Chr 15:2
    69%

    2Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.