Deuteronomy 17:20

New American Bible - revised edition

so that he does not exalt himself over his kindred or turn aside from this commandment to the right or to the left, and so that he and his descendants may reign long in Israel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:23

His laws were all before me, his decrees I did not cast aside.

1 Kings 11:34

Yet I will not take any of the kingdom from Solomon himself, but will keep him a prince as long as he lives, for the sake of David my servant, whom I have chosen, who kept my commandments and statutes.

1 Kings 11:36

I will give his son one tribe, that David my servant may always have a holding before me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen, to set my name there.

1 Kings 15:3

He followed all the sins his father had committed before him, and his heart was not entirely with the Lord, his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 15:5

because David had done what was right in the sight of the Lord and did not disobey any of his commands as long as he lived, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 2:3

Keep the mandate of the Lord, your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, commands, ordinances, and decrees as they are written in the law of Moses, that you may succeed in whatever you do, and wherever you turn,

2 Kings 10:30

The Lord said to Jehu: Because you have done well what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in my heart, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed struck down Edom, and your heart is lifted up; enjoy your glory, but stay home! Why bring misfortune and failure on yourself and on Judah with you?”

2 Chronicles 25:19

You are thinking, ‘See, I have struck down Edom!’ Your heart is lifted up, And glories in it. Stay home! Why bring misfortune and failure on yourself and on Judah with you?”

2 Chronicles 26:16

But after he had become strong, he became arrogant to his own destruction and acted treacherously with the Lord, his God. He entered the temple of the Lord to make an offering on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his distress, he began to appease the Lord, his God. He humbled himself abjectly before the God of his ancestors,

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer and how his supplication was heard, all his sins and his treachery, the sites where he built high places and set up asherahs and carved images before he humbled himself, all this is recorded in the chronicles of his seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

Moreover, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; on the contrary, Amon only increased his guilt.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because you were heartsick and have humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its inhabitants; because you humbled yourself before me, tore your garments, and wept before me, I in turn have heard—oracle of the Lord.

Psalm 119:102

From your judgments I do not turn, for you have instructed me.

Psalm 132:12

If your sons observe my covenant, and my decrees I shall teach them, Their sons, in turn, shall sit forever on your throne.”

Psalm 19:11

More desirable than gold, than a hoard of purest gold, Sweeter also than honey or drippings from the comb.

Proverbs 10:27

Fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Proverbs 27:24

For wealth does not last forever, nor even a crown from age to age.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

and that it shall not be well with the wicked, who shall not prolong their shadowy days, for their lack of reverence toward God.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts will have his day against all that is proud and arrogant, against all that is high, and it will be brought low;

Habakkuk 2:4

See, the rash have no integrity; but the just one who is righteous because of faith shall live.

2 Corinthians 12:7

because of the abundance of the revelations. Therefore, that I might not become too elated, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan, to beat me, to keep me from being too elated.

Deuteronomy 12:25

Do not eat of it, that you and your children after you may prosper for doing what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to heed all these words I command you today, that you and your descendants after you may forever prosper for doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord, your God. Warning Against Abominable Practices.

Deuteronomy 17:11

You shall carry out the instruction they give you and the judgment they pronounce, without turning aside either to the right or left from the decision they announce to you.

Deuteronomy 4:2

In your observance of the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I am commanding you, you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it.

Deuteronomy 5:32

Be careful, therefore, to do as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, not turning aside to the right or to the left,

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how for these forty years the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the wilderness, so as to test you by affliction, to know what was in your heart: to keep his commandments, or not.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you younger members, be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: “God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble.”

1 Samuel 10:25

Samuel next explained to the people the rules of the monarchy, wrote them in a book, and placed them before the presence of the Lord. Samuel then sent the people back to their own homes.

1 Samuel 15:23

For a sin of divination is rebellion, and arrogance, the crime of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord in turn has rejected you as king.” Rejection of Saul.