1 Kings 3:6

Good News Translation

Solomon answered, “You always showed great love for my father David, your servant, and he was good, loyal, and honest in his relation with you. And you have continued to show him your great and constant love by giving him a son who today rules in his place.

Cross References

Genesis 24:40

He answered, ‘The Lord, whom I have always obeyed, will send his angel with you and give you success. You will get for my son a wife from my own people, from my father's family.

2 Samuel 22:21

The Lord rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent.

2 Samuel 22:25

And so he rewards me because I do what is right, because he knows that I am innocent.

2 Samuel 7:5

“Go and tell my servant David that I say to him, ‘You are not the one to build a temple for me to live in.

1 Kings 1:48

and prayed, ‘Let us praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has today made one of my descendants succeed me as king, and has let me live to see it!’”

1 Kings 15:5

The Lord did this because David had done what pleased him and had never disobeyed any of his commands, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 2:4

If you obey him, the Lord will keep the promise he made when he told me that my descendants would rule Israel as long as they were careful to obey his commands faithfully with all their heart and soul.

1 Kings 3:14

And if you obey me and keep my laws and commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”

1 Kings 9:4

If you will serve me in honesty and integrity, as your father David did, and if you obey my laws and do everything I have commanded you,

2 Kings 20:3

“Remember, Lord, that I have served you faithfully and loyally and that I have always tried to do what you wanted me to.” And he began to cry bitterly.

2 Chronicles 1:8

Solomon answered, “You always showed great love for my father David, and now you have let me succeed him as king.

Psalm 116:7

Be confident, my heart, because the Lord has been good to me.

Psalm 119:17

Be good to me, your servant, so that I may live and obey your teachings.

Psalm 13:6

I will sing to you, O Lord, because you have been good to me.

Psalm 15:2

Those who obey God in everything and always do what is right, whose words are true and sincere,

Numbers 12:7

It is different when I speak with my servant Moses; I have put him in charge of all my people Israel.

2 Corinthians 9:11

He will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times, so that many will thank God for your gifts which they receive from us.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it was necessary to urge these believers to go to you ahead of me and get ready in advance the gift you promised to make. Then it will be ready when I arrive, and it will show that you give because you want to, not because you have to.