Deuteronomy 17:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:23

For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

1 Kings 11:34

But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

1 Kings 11:36

And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

1 Kings 15:3

And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

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 2:3

And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

2 Kings 10:30

And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.

2 Kings 14:10

It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

2 Chronicles 25:19

You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up in pride, causing his destruction; and he did evil against the Lord his God; for he went into the Temple of the Lord for the purpose of burning perfumes on the altar of perfumes.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

2 Chronicles 33:19

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

2 Chronicles 34:27

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

Psalm 119:102

My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

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.

Psalm 19:11

By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

Proverbs 27:24

For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

Isaiah 2:12

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

Habakkuk 2:4

As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.

Deuteronomy 12:25

Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 12:32

You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.

Deuteronomy 17:11

Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

Deuteronomy 4:2

Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

Deuteronomy 5:32

Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

1 Peter 5:5

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

1 Samuel 10:25

Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

1 Samuel 15:23

For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.