Deuteronomy 17:20

New Century Version

He should not think he is better than his fellow Israelites, and he must not stop obeying the law in any way so that he and his descendants may rule the kingdom for a long time.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:23

I remember all his laws and have not broken his rules.

1 Kings 11:34

“ ‘But I will not take all the kingdom away from Solomon. I will let him rule all his life because of my servant David, whom I chose, who obeyed all my commands and laws.

1 Kings 11:36

I will allow Solomon’s son to continue to rule over one tribe so that there will always be a descendant of David, my servant, in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to be worshiped.

1 Kings 15:3

He did all the same sins his father before him had done. Abijam was not faithful to the Lord his God as David, his great-grandfather, had been.

1 Kings 15:5

David always did what the Lord said was right and obeyed his commands all his life, except the one time when David sinned against Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 2:3

Obey the Lord your God. Follow him by obeying his demands, his commands, his laws, and his rules that are written in the teachings of Moses. If you do these things, you will be successful in all you do and wherever you go.

2 Kings 10:30

The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well in obeying what I said was right. You have done to the family of Ahab as I wanted. Because of this, your descendants as far as your great-great-grandchildren will be kings of Israel.”

2 Kings 14:10

You have defeated Edom, but you have become proud. Stay at home and brag. Don’t ask for trouble, or you and Judah will be defeated.”

2 Chronicles 25:19

You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, but you have become proud, and you brag. But you stay at home! Don’t ask for trouble, or you and Judah will be defeated.”

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his ruin. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God; he went into the Temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar for incense.

2 Chronicles 33:12

As Manasseh suffered, he begged the Lord his God for help and humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 33:19

Manasseh’s prayer and God’s pity for him, his sins, his unfaithfulness, the places he built for worshiping gods and the Asherah idols before he humbled himself—all are written in the book of the seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

Amon did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Instead, Amon sinned even more.

2 Chronicles 34:27

When you heard my words against this place and its people, you became sorry for what you had done and you humbled yourself before me. You tore your clothes to show how upset you were, and you cried in my presence. This is why I have heard you, says the Lord.

Psalm 119:102

I haven’t walked away from your laws, because you yourself are my teacher.

Psalm 132:12

If your sons keep my agreement and the rules that I teach them, then their sons after them will rule on your throne forever and ever.”

Psalm 19:11

By them your servant is warned. Keeping them brings great reward.

Proverbs 10:27

Whoever respects the Lord will have a long life, but the life of an evil person will be cut short.

Proverbs 27:24

Riches will not go on forever, nor do governments go on forever.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

I also know it will not go well for evil people, because they do not honor God. Like a shadow, they will not last.

Isaiah 2:12

The Lord All-Powerful has a certain day planned when he will punish the proud and those who brag, and they will no longer be important.

Habakkuk 2:4

The evil nation is very proud of itself; it is not living as it should. But those who are right with God will live by faith.

2 Corinthians 12:7

So that I would not become too proud of the wonderful things that were shown to me, a painful physical problem was given to me. This problem was a messenger from Satan, sent to beat me and keep me from being too proud.

Deuteronomy 12:25

If you don’t eat it, things will go well for you and your children, because you will be doing what the Lord says is right.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to obey all the rules I am giving you so that things will always go well for you and your children, and you will be doing what the Lord your God says is good and right.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Be sure to do everything I have commanded you. Do not add anything to it, and do not take anything away from it.

Deuteronomy 17:11

Follow the teachings they give you, and do whatever they decide, exactly as they tell you.

Deuteronomy 4:2

Don’t add to these commands, and don’t leave anything out, but obey the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.

Deuteronomy 5:32

So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you, and follow the commands exactly.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God has led you in the desert for these forty years, taking away your pride and testing you, because he wanted to know what was in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, younger people should be willing to be under older people. And all of you should be very humble with each other. “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

1 Samuel 10:25

Samuel explained the rights and duties of the king and then wrote them in a book and put it before the Lord. Then he told the people to go to their homes.

1 Samuel 15:23

Disobedience is as bad as the sin of sorcery. Pride is as bad as the sin of worshiping idols. You have rejected the Lord’s command. Now he rejects you as king.”