‘ “However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will let him be ruler all the days of his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept my commands and my statutes.
1 Kings 3:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If you walk in my ways and keep my statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you will go My way, keep My statutes and My commandments as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days. American Standard Version (1901) And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. Common English Bible And if you walk in my ways and obey my laws and commands, just as your father David did, then I will give you a very long life.” Catholic Public Domain Version And if you will walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, just as your father walked, I will lengthen your days." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days. |
‘ “However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will let him be ruler all the days of his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept my commands and my statutes.
For David did what was right in the Lord’s sight, and he did not turn aside from anything he had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hethite.
Solomon loved the Lord by walking in the statutes of his father David, but he also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
And Solomon replied, ‘You have shown great and faithful love to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity. You have continued this great and faithful love for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.
I will establish his kingdom for ever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is doing today.”
‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.
He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestor David had done.
He did what was right in the Lord’s sight and walked in the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn aside to the right or the left.
‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.
After removing him, he raised up David as their king and testified about him, “I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my own heart, , who will carry out all my will.”
You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Honour your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Follow the whole instruction the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, prosper, and have a long life in the land you will possess.
For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.