1 Kings 3:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

Cross References

Genesis 24:40

And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

2 Samuel 22:21

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

2 Samuel 22:25

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

2 Samuel 7:5

Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

1 Kings 1:48

Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.

1 Kings 15:5

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.

1 Kings 2:4

So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

1 Kings 3:14

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.

1 Kings 9:4

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;

2 Kings 20:3

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

2 Chronicles 1:8

And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

Psalm 116:7

Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

Psalm 119:17

GIMEL Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;

Psalm 13:6

I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

Psalm 15:2

He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

Numbers 12:7

My servant Moses is not so; he is true to me in all my house:

2 Corinthians 9:11

Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.