1 Kings 9:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

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;

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

Genesis 20:5

Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

2 Samuel 22:22

For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

1 Kings 11:38

And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

1 Kings 11:4

For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

1 Kings 11:6

And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.

1 Kings 14:8

And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

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 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 3:3

And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and let them go up in smoke on the high places.

1 Kings 3:6

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.

1 Kings 6:12

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.

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.

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 17:4

But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

Psalm 101:2

I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.

Psalm 128:1

A Song of the going up. Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.

Psalm 15:2

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

Psalm 26:1

Of David. O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

Psalm 26:11

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

Psalm 78:72

So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

Proverbs 10:9

He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

Proverbs 20:7

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

Proverbs 28:18

He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

Ezekiel 18:9

And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

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.

Luke 1:6

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Deuteronomy 28:1

Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth: