1 Kings 9:4

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

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  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
  • 1 Kgs 11:6 : 6 Solomon did evil in the LORD’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the LORD, like his father David had.
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 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.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 14:8 : 8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.
  • 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”
  • 1 Kgs 8:25 : 25 Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’
  • Deut 28:1 : 1 The Covenant Blessings“If you indeed obey the LORD your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.
  • 2 Chr 7:17-18 : 17 You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. 18 Then I will establish your dynasty, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.’
  • Job 23:11-12 : 11 My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside. 12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly.
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.
  • Ps 26:11 : 11 But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!
  • Prov 10:9 : 9 The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.
  • Prov 20:7 : 7 The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.
  • Zech 3:7 : 7 “The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘If you follow my ways and keep my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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  • 2 Chr 7:17-19
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    17You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.

    18Then I will establish your dynasty, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.’

    19“But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

  • 1 Kgs 11:37-38
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    37I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.

    38You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12
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    12“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
    82%

    14If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”

  • 1 Kgs 2:3-4
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    79%

    3Do the job the LORD your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,

    4and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-26
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    79%

    24You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

    25Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’

    26Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
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    78%

    15You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

    16Now, O LORD God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’

  • 1 Kgs 9:5-6
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    78%

    5Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

    6“But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

  • Lev 26:3
    77%

    3The Benefits of Obedience“‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,

  • 1 Kgs 8:61
    76%

    61May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the LORD our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    76%

    8I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    76%

    4but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
    75%

    7I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’

  • Deut 28:9
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    9The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

  • Deut 11:22
    74%

    22For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the LORD your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him,

  • Deut 13:4
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    4You must follow the LORD your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.

  • Lev 18:4
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    4You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:58
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    58May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

  • 2 Chr 34:31
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    31The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant before the LORD, agreeing to follow the LORD and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

  • 1 Chr 29:19
    73%

    19Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.”

  • Jer 22:4
    73%

    4If you are careful to obey these commands, then the kings who follow in David’s succession and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to come through the gates of this palace, as will their officials and their subjects.

  • Deut 8:6
    73%

    6So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    73%

    6Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

  • Jer 26:4
    73%

    4Tell them that the LORD says,‘You must obey me! You must live according to the way I have instructed you in my laws.

  • 1 Chr 17:8
    73%

    8I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.

  • 1 Chr 28:9
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    9“And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

  • 1 Chr 22:11
    73%

    11“Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would.

  • Deut 30:10
    72%

    10if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being.

  • 1 Kgs 8:18
    72%

    18The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

  • Zech 3:7
    72%

    7“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘If you follow my ways and keep my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you.

  • 2 Chr 6:8
    72%

    8The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

  • Deut 7:11
    72%

    11So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    72%

    3He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.

  • Ezek 20:19
    72%

    19I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

  • Deut 6:18
    72%

    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    72%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
    72%

    33I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.

  • 1 Sam 12:14
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    14If you fear the LORD, serving him and obeying him and not rebelling against what he says, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, all will be well.

  • 1 Chr 22:13
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    13Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the LORD ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!

  • 2 Chr 6:31
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    31Then they will honor you by obeying you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

  • 1 Chr 17:6
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    6Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

  • Jer 4:1
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    1“If you, Israel, want to come back,” says the LORD,“if you want to come back to me, you must get those disgusting idols out of my sight and must no longer go astray.