1 Kings 9:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    '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,

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And as for thee, if thou wilt walk{H3212} before{H6440} me, as David{H1732} thy father{H1} walked,{H1980} in integrity{H8537} of heart,{H3824} and in uprightness,{H3476} to do{H6213} according to all that I have commanded{H6680} thee, and wilt keep{H8104} my statutes{H2706} and mine ordinances;{H4941}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And if thou wilt walk{H3212}{(H8799)} before{H6440} me, as David{H1732} thy father{H1} walked{H1980}{(H8804)}, in integrity{H8537} of heart{H3824}, and in uprightness{H3476}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} according to all that I have commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} thee, and wilt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} my statutes{H2706} and my judgments{H4941}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And yf thou walke before me (as thy father Dauid walked) with a perfecte and a true hert, so that thou do all that I haue commaunded the, and kepe myne ordinaunces and lawes,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And if thou wilt walke before mee (as Dauid thy father walked in purenesse of heart and in righteousnesse) to doe according to al that I haue commanded thee, and keepe my statutes, and my iudgements,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And if thou wilt walke before me, as Dauid thy father walked, in purenes of heart and in righteousnes, to do all that I haue commaunded thee, and wilt kepe my statutes, and my lawes:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, [and] wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    As for you, 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 ordinances;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And thou -- if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee -- My statutes and My judgments thou dost keep --

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    As for you, 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 ordinances;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.
  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
  • 1 Kgs 11:6 : 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did.
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 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.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And 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 : 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;
  • 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 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.
  • 1 Kgs 8:25 : 25 Therefore 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.
  • Deut 28:1 : 1 And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth:
  • 2 Chr 7:17-18 : 17 As for you, if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments; 18 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man to be ruler in Israel.
  • Job 23:11-12 : 11 My foot has held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside. 12 Nor have I departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have also trusted in the LORD; therefore I shall not fall.
  • Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be merciful to me.
  • Prov 10:9 : 9 He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.
  • Prov 20:7 : 7 The just man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
  • Zech 3:7 : 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts; If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you shall also judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place to walk among these who stand by.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more. 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

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    17 As for you, if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments;

    18 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man to be ruler in Israel.

    19 But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • 83%

    37 And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

    38 And 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.

  • 12 As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill my word with you, which I spoke to David your father:

  • 14 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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:3-4
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    3 And keep the charge of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself:

    4 That 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.

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    24 Who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him: you also spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

    25 Therefore 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.

    26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

  • 78%

    15 You 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.

    16 Now 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.

  • 1 Kgs 9:5-6
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    5 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.

    6 But if you or your children turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

  • 3 If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and do them;

  • 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

  • 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;

  • 4 But sought the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the practices of Israel.

  • 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he remains steadfast to obey my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

  • 9 The LORD shall establish you a holy people unto Himself, as He has sworn unto you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in His ways.

  • 22 For if you diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him;

  • 4 You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and hold fast to him.

  • 4 You shall do my judgments and keep my ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God.

  • 58 That he may incline our hearts to himself, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

  • 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

  • 19 And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.

  • 4 For if you do this thing indeed, then shall enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

  • 6 Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

  • 6 And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great mercy, as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  • 4 And you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

  • 8 And I have been with you wherever you have walked, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  • 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

  • 11 Now, my son, the LORD be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of the LORD your God, as he has said of you.

  • 10 If you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.

  • 18 And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

  • 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts; If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you shall also judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place to walk among these who stand by.

  • 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart:

  • 11 Therefore you shall keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command you this day, to do them.

  • 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.

  • 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

  • 18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,

  • 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.

  • 33 Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

  • 14 If you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both you and also the king that reigns over you continue following the LORD your God:

  • 13 Then you shall prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; do not fear, nor be dismayed.

  • 31 That they may fear you, to walk in your ways, as long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

  • 6 Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

  • 1 If you will return, O Israel, says the LORD, return to me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then you shall not be moved.