Verse 20

That his heart{H3824} be not lifted up{H7311}{(H8800)} above his brethren{H251}, and that he turn not aside{H5493}{(H8800)} from the commandment{H4687}, to the right hand{H3225}, or to the left{H8040}: to the end that he may prolong{H748}{(H8686)} his days{H3117} in his kingdom{H4467}, he, and his children{H1121}, in the midst{H7130} of Israel{H3478}.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 Because David{H1732} did{H6213}{(H8804)} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and turned not aside{H5493}{(H8804)} from any thing that he commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} him all the days{H3117} of his life{H2416}, save only in the matter{H1697} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850}.
  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe{H8104}{(H8804)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} therefore as the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} hath commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} you: ye shall not turn aside{H5493}{(H8799)} to the right hand{H3225} or to the left{H8040}.
  • Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember{H2142}{(H8804)} all the way{H1870} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} led{H3212}{(H8689)} thee these forty{H705} years{H8141} in the wilderness{H4057}, to humble{H6031}{(H8763)} thee, and to prove{H5254}{(H8763)} thee, to know{H3045}{(H8800)} what was in thine heart{H3824}, whether thou wouldest keep{H8104}{(H8799)} his commandments{H4687}, or no.
  • Deut 8:13-14 : 13 And when thy herds{H1241} and thy flocks{H6629} multiply{H7235}{(H8799)}, and thy silver{H3701} and thy gold{H2091} is multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)}, and all that thou hast is multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)}; 14 Then thine heart{H3824} be lifted up{H7311}{(H8804)}, and thou forget{H7911}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, which brought thee forth{H3318}{(H8688)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, from the house{H1004} of bondage{H5650};
  • Deut 12:25 : 25 Thou shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} it; that it may go well{H3190}{(H8799)} with thee, and with thy children{H1121} after{H310} thee, when thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8799)} that which is right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • Deut 12:28 : 28 Observe{H8104}{(H8798)} and hear{H8085}{(H8804)} all these words{H1697} which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee, that it may go well{H3190}{(H8799)} with thee, and with thy children{H1121} after{H310} thee for{H5704} ever{H5769}, when thou doest{H6213}{(H8799)} that which is good{H2896} and right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}.
  • Deut 12:32 : 32 What thing{H1697} soever I command{H6680}{(H8764)} you, observe{H8104}{(H8799)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} it: thou shalt not add{H3254}{(H8686)} thereto, nor diminish{H1639}{(H8799)} from it.
  • Deut 17:11 : 11 According to the sentence{H6310} of the law{H8451} which they shall teach{H3384}{(H8686)} thee, and according to the judgment{H4941} which they shall tell{H559}{(H8799)} thee, thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8799)}: thou shalt not decline{H5493}{(H8799)} from the sentence{H1697} which they shall shew{H5046}{(H8686)} thee, to the right hand{H3225}, nor to the left{H8040}.
  • 1 Sam 13:13-14 : 13 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Saul{H7586}, Thou hast done foolishly{H5528}{(H8738)}: thou hast not kept{H8104}{(H8804)} the commandment{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, which he commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} thee: for now would the LORD{H3068} have established{H3559}{(H8689)} thy kingdom{H4467} upon Israel{H3478} for{H5704} ever{H5769}. 14 But now thy kingdom{H4467} shall not continue{H6965}{(H8799)}: the LORD{H3068} hath sought{H1245}{(H8765)} him a man{H376} after his own heart{H3824}, and the LORD{H3068} hath commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} him to be captain{H5057} over his people{H5971}, because thou hast not kept{H8104}{(H8804)} that which the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} thee.
  • 1 Sam 15:23 : 23 For rebellion{H4805} is as the sin{H2403} of witchcraft{H7081}, and stubbornness{H6484}{(H8687)} is as iniquity{H205} and idolatry{H8655}. Because thou hast rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, he hath also rejected{H3988}{(H8799)} thee from being king{H4428}.
  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13 : 12 Notwithstanding in thy days{H3117} I will not do{H6213}{(H8799)} it for David{H1732} thy father's{H1} sake: but I will rend{H7167}{(H8799)} it out of the hand{H3027} of thy son{H1121}. 13 Howbeit{H7535} I will not rend away{H7167}{(H8799)} all the kingdom{H4467}; but will give{H5414}{(H8799)} one{H259} tribe{H7626} to thy son{H1121} for David{H1732} my servant's{H5650} sake, and for Jerusalem's{H3389} sake which I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)}.
  • 1 Kgs 11:34 : 34 Howbeit I will not take{H3947}{(H8799)} the whole kingdom{H4467} out of his hand{H3027}: but I will make{H7896}{(H8799)} him prince{H5387} all the days{H3117} of his life{H2416} for David{H1732} my servant's{H5650} sake, whom I chose{H977}{(H8804)}, because he kept{H8104}{(H8804)} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes{H2708}:
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son{H1121} will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} one{H259} tribe{H7626}, that David{H1732} my servant{H5650} may have a light{H5216} alway{H3117} before{H6440} me in Jerusalem{H3389}, the city{H5892} which I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} me to put{H7760}{(H8800)} my name{H8034} there.
  • Deut 4:2 : 2 Ye shall not add{H3254}{(H8686)} unto the word{H1697} which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} you, neither shall ye diminish{H1639}{(H8799)} ought from it, that ye may keep{H8104}{(H8800)} the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} you.
  • 2 Kgs 10:30 : 30 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Jehu{H3058}, Because thou hast done well{H2895}{(H8689)} in executing{H6213}{(H8800)} that which is right{H3477} in mine eyes{H5869}, and hast done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256} according to all that was in mine heart{H3824}, thy children{H1121} of the fourth{H7243} generation shall sit{H3427}{(H8799)} on the throne{H3678} of Israel{H3478}.
  • 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Thou hast indeed{H5221}{(H8687)} smitten{H5221}{(H8689)} Edom{H123}, and thine heart{H3820} hath lifted thee up{H5375}{(H8804)}: glory{H3513}{(H8734)} of this, and tarry{H3427}{(H8798)} at home{H1004}: for why shouldest thou meddle{H1624}{(H8691)} to thy hurt{H7451}, that thou shouldest fall{H5307}{(H8804)}, even thou, and Judah{H3063} with thee?
  • 2 Chr 25:19 : 19 Thou sayest{H559}{(H8804)}, Lo, thou hast smitten{H5221}{(H8689)} the Edomites{H123}; and thine heart{H3820} lifteth thee up{H5375}{(H8804)} to boast{H3513}{(H8687)}: abide{H3427}{(H8798)} now at home{H1004}; why shouldest thou meddle{H1624}{(H8691)} to thine hurt{H7451}, that thou shouldest fall{H5307}{(H8804)}, even thou, and Judah{H3063} with thee?
  • 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he was strong{H2393}, his heart{H3820} was lifted up{H1361}{(H8804)} to his destruction{H7843}{(H8687)}: for he transgressed{H4603}{(H8799)} against the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, and went{H935}{(H8799)} into the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8687)} upon the altar{H4196} of incense{H7004}.
  • 2 Chr 32:25-26 : 25 But Hezekiah{H3169} rendered not again{H7725}{(H8689)} according to the benefit{H1576} done unto him; for his heart{H3820} was lifted up{H1361}{(H8804)}: therefore there was wrath{H7110} upon him, and upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}. 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah{H3169} humbled{H3665}{(H8735)} himself for the pride{H1363} of his heart{H3820}, both he and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}, so that the wrath{H7110} of the LORD{H3068} came{H935}{(H8804)} not upon them in the days{H3117} of Hezekiah{H3169}.
  • 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in affliction{H6887}{(H8687)}, he besought{H2470}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, and humbled{H3665}{(H8735)} himself greatly{H3966} before{H6440} the God{H430} of his fathers{H1},
  • 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer{H8605} also, and how God was intreated{H6279}{(H8736)} of him, and all his sin{H2403}, and his trespass{H4604}, and the places{H4725} wherein he built{H1129}{(H8804)} high places{H1116}, and set up{H5975}{(H8689)} groves{H842} and graven images{H6456}, before{H6440} he was humbled{H3665}{(H8736)}: behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} among the sayings{H1697} of the seers{H2374}{(H8676)}{H2335}.
  • 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 And humbled{H3665}{(H8738)} not himself before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, as Manasseh{H4519} his father{H1} had humbled{H3665}{(H8736)} himself; but Amon{H526} trespassed{H819} more and more{H7235}{(H8689)}.
  • 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 Because thine heart{H3824} was tender{H7401}{(H8804)}, and thou didst humble{H3665}{(H8735)} thyself before{H6440} God{H430}, when thou heardest{H8085}{(H8800)} his words{H1697} against this place{H4725}, and against the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof, and humbledst{H3665}{(H8735)} thyself before{H6440} me, and didst rend{H7167}{(H8799)} thy clothes{H899}, and weep{H1058}{(H8799)} before{H6440} me; I have even heard{H8085}{(H8804)} thee also, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Ps 19:11 : 11 Moreover by them is thy servant{H5650} warned{H2094}{(H8737)}: and in keeping{H8104}{(H8800)} of them there is great{H7227} reward{H6118}.
  • Ps 131:1-2 : 1 A Song{H7892} of degrees{H4609} of David{H1732}. LORD{H3068}, my heart{H3820} is not haughty{H1361}{(H8804)}, nor mine eyes{H5869} lofty{H7311}{(H8804)}: neither do I exercise{H1980}{(H8765)} myself in great matters{H1419}, or in things too high{H6381}{(H8737)} for me. 2 Surely I have behaved{H7737}{(H8765)} and quieted{H1826}{(H8776)} myself{H5315}, as a child that is weaned{H1580}{(H8803)} of his mother{H517}: my soul{H5315} is even as a weaned child{H1580}{(H8803)}.
  • Ps 132:12 : 12 If thy children{H1121} will keep{H8104}{(H8799)} my covenant{H1285} and my testimony{H5713} that{H2090}{(H8675)}{H2097} I shall teach{H3925}{(H8762)} them, their children{H1121} shall also sit{H3427}{(H8799)} upon thy throne{H3678} for evermore{H5703}.
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068} prolongeth{H3254}{(H8686)} days{H3117}: but the years{H8141} of the wicked{H7563} shall be shortened{H7114}{(H8799)}.
  • Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches{H2633} are not for ever{H5769}: and doth the crown{H5145} endure to every{H1755} generation{H1755}?
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 But it shall not be well{H2896} with the wicked{H7563}, neither shall he prolong{H748}{(H8686)} his days{H3117}, which are as a shadow{H6738}; because he feareth{H3373} not before{H6440} God{H430}.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} shall be upon every one that is proud{H1343} and lofty{H7311}{(H8802)}, and upon every one that is lifted up{H5375}{(H8737)}; and he shall be brought low{H8213}{(H8804)}:
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart{H3825} was lifted up{H7313}{(H8752)}, and his mind{H7308} hardened{H8631}{(H8748)} in pride{H2103}{(H8682)}, he was deposed{H5182}{(H8717)} from{H4481} his kingly{H4437} throne{H3764}, and they took{H5709}{(H8684)} his glory{H3367} from him{H4481}: 21 And he was driven{H2957}{(H8752)} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men{H606}; and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739}{(H8745)} like{H5974} the beasts{H2423}, and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses{H6167}: they fed{H2939}{(H8748)} him with grass{H6211} like oxen{H8450}, and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647}{(H8721)} with the dew{H2920} of heaven{H8065}; till{H5705} he knew{H3046}{(H8754)} that the most high{H5943} God{H426} ruled{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men{H606}, and that he appointeth{H6966}{(H8681)} over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will{H6634}{(H8748)}. 22 And thou{H607} his son{H1247}, O Belshazzar{H1113}, hast not{H3809} humbled{H8214}{(H8684)} thine heart{H3825}, though{H6903} thou knewest{H3046}{(H8754)} all{H3606} this{H1836}; 23 But hast lifted up{H7313}{(H8712)} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven{H8065}; and they have brought{H858}{(H8684)} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607}, and thy lords{H7261}, thy wives{H7695}, and thy concubines{H3904}, have drunk{H8355}{(H8750)} wine{H2562} in them; and thou hast praised{H7624}{(H8745)} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702}, and gold{H1722}, of brass{H5174}, iron{H6523}, wood{H636}, and stone{H69}, which see{H2370}{(H8751)} not{H3809}, nor{H3809} hear{H8086}{(H8750)}, nor{H3809} know{H3046}{(H8751)}: and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways{H735}, hast thou not{H3809} glorified{H1922}{(H8745)}:
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul{H5315} which is lifted up{H6075}{(H8795)} is not upright{H3474}{(H8804)} in him: but the just{H6662} shall live{H2421}{(H8799)} by his faith{H530}.
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And{G2532} lest{G3363} I should be exalted above measure{G5229}{(G5747)} through the abundance{G5236} of the revelations{G602}, there was given{G1325}{(G5681)} to me{G3427} a thorn{G4647} in the flesh{G4561}, the messenger{G32} of Satan{G4566} to{G2443} buffet{G2852}{(G5725)} me{G3165}, lest{G3363} I should be exalted above measure{G5229}{(G5747)}.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise{G3668}, ye younger{G3501}, submit yourselves{G5293}{(G5649)} unto the elder{G4245}. Yea{G1161}, all{G3956} of you be subject{G5293}{(G5746)} one to another{G240}, and be clothed{G1463}{(G5663)} with humility{G5012}: for{G3754} God{G2316} resisteth{G498}{(G5731)} the proud{G5244}, and{G1161} giveth{G1325}{(G5719)} grace{G5485} to the humble{G5011}.