1 Kings 6:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

Cross References

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 11:10

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.

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 8:25

So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

1 Chronicles 22:10

He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

Psalm 132:12

If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.

Jeremiah 7:5

For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

Zechariah 3:7

These are the words of the Lord of armies: If you will go in my ways and keep what I have put in your care, then you will be judge over my Temple and have the care of my house, and I will give you the right to come in among those who are there.

Colossians 1:23

If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.