"As for you, ifyou will walkbeforeMe as your fatherDavidwalked,in integrityof heartand uprightness,doingaccording to allthat I have commandedyou [and] will keepMy statutesand My ordinances,
Now when Abramwas ninety-nineyearsold,the LORDappearedto Abramand saidto him, "I am GodAlmighty;WalkbeforeMe, and be blameless.
"Did he not himselfsayto me, 'She is my sister?And she herselfsaid,'He is my brother.'In the integrityof my heartand the innocenceof my handsI have donethis."
"For I have keptthe waysof the LORD,And have not actedwickedlyagainstmy God.
Then it will be, that ifyou listento allthat I commandyou and walkin My ways,and dowhatis rightin My sightby observingMy statutesand My commandments,as My servantDaviddid,then I will be with you and buildyou an enduringhouseas I builtfor David,and I will giveIsraelto you.
For whenSolomonwas old,his wivesturnedhis heartawayafterothergods;and his heartwas not whollydevotedto the LORDhis God,as the heartof Davidhis father[had been].
Solomondidwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORD,and did not followthe LORDfully,as Davidhis father[had done].
and torethe kingdomawayfrom the houseof Davidand gaveit to you-- yet you have not beenlike My servantDavid,whokeptMy commandmentsand whofollowedMe with allhis heart,to doonlythat whichwas rightin My sight;
becauseDaviddidwhatwas rightin the sightof the LORD,and had not turnedasidefrom anythingthat He commandedhim allthe daysof his life,exceptin the caseof Uriahthe Hittite.
"Ifyou walkin My ways,keepingMy statutesand commandments,as your fatherDavidwalked,then I will prolongyour days."
Now Solomonlovedthe LORD,walkingin the statutesof his fatherDavid,excepthe sacrificedand burnedincenseon the highplaces.
Then Solomonsaid,"You have showngreatlovingkindnessto Your servantDavidmy father,accordingas he walkedbeforeYou in truthand righteousnessand uprightnessof hearttowardYou; and You have reservedfor him thisgreatlovingkindness,that You have givenhim a sonto siton his throne,as [it is] thisday.
"[Concerning] thishousewhichyou are building,ifyou will walkin My statutesand executeMy ordinancesand keepallMy commandmentsby walkingin them, then I will carryout My wordwith you whichI spoketo Davidyour father.
"Nowtherefore, O LORD,the Godof Israel,keepwith Your servantDavidmy fatherthat whichYou have promisedhim, saying,You shall not lacka manto siton the throneof Israel,ifonlyyour sonstakeheedto their wayto walkbeforeMe as you have walked.'
"Remembernow,OLORD,I beseechYou, howI have walkedbeforeYou in truthand with a wholeheartand have donewhatis goodin Your sight."And Hezekiahweptbitterly.
but soughtthe Godof his father,followedHis commandments,and did not actas Israeldid.
I will giveheedto the blamelessway.Whenwill You cometo me? I will walkwithinmy housein the integrityof my heart.
How blessedis everyonewho fearsthe LORD,Who walksin His ways.
He who walkswith integrity,and worksrighteousness,And speakstruthin his heart.
Vindicateme, O LORD,for I have walkedin my integrity,And I have trustedin the LORDwithoutwavering.
But as for me, I shall walkin my integrity;Redeemme, and be graciousto me.
So he shepherdedthem according to the integrityof his heart,And guidedthem with his skillfulhands.
He who walksin integritywalkssecurely,But he who pervertshis wayswill be foundout.
A righteousmanwho walksin his integrity--How blessedare his sonsafterhim.
He who walksblamelesslywill be delivered,But he who is crookedwill fallallat once.
[if] he walksin My statutesand My ordinancesso as to dealfaithfully--he is righteous[and] will surelylive,"declaresthe LordGOD.
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'Ifyou will walkin My waysand ifyou will performMy service,then you will alsogovernMy houseand alsohavechargeof My courts,and I will grantyou freeaccessamongthesewho are standing[here].
They were bothrighteousin the sightof God,walkingblamelesslyin allthe commandmentsand requirementsof the Lord.
"Now it shall be, ifyou diligentlyobeythe LORDyour God,beingcarefulto doallHis commandmentswhichI commandyou today,the LORDyour Godwill setyou highaboveallthe nationsof the earth.
