1 Kings 9:4

Good News Translation

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,

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.

Genesis 20:5

Abraham himself said that she was his sister, and she said the same thing. I did this with a clear conscience, and I have done no wrong.”

2 Samuel 22:22

I have obeyed the law of the Lord; I have not turned away from my God.

1 Kings 11:38

If you obey me completely, live by my laws, and win my approval by doing what I command, as my servant David did, I will always be with you. I will make you king of Israel and will make sure that your descendants rule after you, just as I have done for David.

1 Kings 11:4

and by the time he was old they had led him into the worship of foreign gods. He was not faithful to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.

1 Kings 11:6

He sinned against the Lord and was not true to him as his father David had been.

1 Kings 14:8

I took the kingdom away from David's descendants and gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David, who was completely loyal to me, obeyed my commands, and did only what I approve of.

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 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 3:3

Solomon loved the Lord and followed the instructions of his father David, but he also slaughtered animals and offered them as sacrifices on various altars.

1 Kings 3:6

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.

1 Kings 6:12

“If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.

1 Kings 8:25

And now, Lord God of Israel, I pray that you will also keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him that there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided they obeyed you as carefully as he did.

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 17:4

He served his father's God, obeyed God's commands, and did not act the way the kings of Israel did.

Psalm 101:2

My conduct will be faultless. When will you come to me? I will live a pure life in my house

Psalm 128:1

Happy are those who obey the Lord, who live by his commands.

Psalm 15:2

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

Psalm 26:1

Declare me innocent, O Lord, because I do what is right and trust you completely.

Psalm 26:11

As for me, I do what is right; be merciful to me and save me!

Psalm 78:72

David took care of them with unselfish devotion and led them with skill.

Proverbs 10:9

Honest people are safe and secure, but the dishonest will be caught.

Proverbs 20:7

Children are fortunate if they have a father who is honest and does what is right.

Proverbs 28:18

Be honest and you will be safe. If you are dishonest, you will suddenly fall.

Ezekiel 18:9

Such a man obeys my commands and carefully keeps my laws. He is righteous, and he will live,” says the Sovereign Lord.

Zechariah 3:7

the Lord Almighty had said: “If you obey my laws and perform the duties I have assigned you, then you will continue to be in charge of my Temple and its courts, and I will hear your prayers, just as I hear the prayers of the angels who are in my presence.

Luke 1:6

They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.

Deuteronomy 28:1

“If you obey the Lord your God and faithfully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, he will make you greater than any other nation on earth.