Deuteronomy 17:20

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And so may his heart not become exalted with arrogance over his brothers, nor turn aside to the right or to the left, so that he and his sons may reign for a long time over Israel."

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:23

For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.

1 Kings 11:34

But I will not take the entire kingdom from his hand. Instead, I will establish him as the ruler during all the days of his life, for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my precepts.

1 Kings 11:36

Then, to his son, I will give one tribe, so that there may remain a lamp for my servant David before me, for all days, in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, so that my name would be there.

1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him. Neither was his heart perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.

1 Kings 15:5

For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and he had not declined from all of the things that he had instructed to him, during all the days of his life, except the matter of Uriah, the Hittite.

1 Kings 2:3

And observe the care of the Lord your God, so that you walk in his ways, so that you care for his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, just as it is written in the law of Moses. So may you understand everything that you do, in any direction that you may turn yourself.

2 Kings 10:30

Then the Lord said to Jehu: "Since you have diligently carried out what was right and pleasing in my eyes, and since you have accomplished, against the house of Ahab, all that was in my heart, your sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel, even to the fourth generation."

2 Kings 14:10

You have struck and prevailed over Idumea. And your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your own glory, and be seated your own house. Why would you provoke evil, so that you would fall, and Judah with you?"

2 Chronicles 25:19

You said, 'I struck down Edom.' And for this reason, your heart is lifted up with pride. Settle in your own house. Why do you provoke evil against yourself, so that you may fall, and then Judah with you?"

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up, even to his own destruction. And he neglected the Lord his God. And entering into the temple of the Lord, he intended to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And after this, being in great anguish, he prayed to the Lord his God. And he did penance greatly before the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:19

Also, his prayer and its heeding, and all his sins and contempt, and the sites on which he built high places and made sacred groves and statues, before he repented, have been written in the words of Hozai.

2 Chronicles 33:23

But he did not turn his face to the Lord, as his father Manasseh had turned himself. And he sinned much more grievously.

2 Chronicles 34:27

and your heart was softened, and you humbled yourself in the sight of God concerning these things which have been said against this place and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and since, revering my face, you have torn your garments, and have wept before me: I also have heeded you, says the Lord.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord adds days. And the years of the impious will be shortened.

Proverbs 27:24

for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

So, may it not go well with the impious, and may his days not be prolonged. And let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow.

Isaiah 2:12

For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,

Habakkuk 2:4

Behold, he who is unbelieving, his soul will not be right within himself; but he who is just shall live in his faith.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And lest the greatness of the revelations should extol me, there was given to me a prodding in my flesh: an angel of Satan, who struck me repeatedly.

Deuteronomy 12:25

so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, when you will do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Observe and heed all the things that I instruct to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, continually, when you will do what is good and pleasing in the sight of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 12:32

What I command to you, this only shall you do, for the Lord. You may neither add nor subtract anything."

Deuteronomy 17:11

in accord with his law, and you shall follow their sentence. Neither shall you turn aside to the right or to the left.

Deuteronomy 4:2

You shall not add to the word which I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it. Preserve the commandments of the Lord your God which I am teaching to you.

Deuteronomy 5:32

And so, keep and do the things which the Lord God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

1 Peter 5:5

Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.

1 Samuel 10:25

Then Samuel spoke to the people the law of the kingdom, and he wrote it in a book, and he stored it in the sight of the Lord. And Samuel dismissed all the people, each one to his own house.

1 Samuel 15:23

Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king."