When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
1 Kings 8:61 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Be wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord our God to walk in his statutes and to keep his commands, as you are today.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let your hearts therefore be blameless and wholly true to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as today. American Standard Version (1901) Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. Common English Bible Now may you be committed to the LORD our God with all your heart by following his laws and observing his commands, just as you are doing right now.” Catholic Public Domain Version Also, may our hearts be perfect with the Lord our God, so that we may walk in his decrees, and keep his commandments, as also on this day." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let our hearts also be perfect with the Lord our God, that we may walk in his statutes, and keep his commandments, as at this day. |
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
The high places were not taken away, but Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his entire life.
Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.
Solomon loved the Lord by walking in the statutes of his father David, but he also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
‘Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases you.’ , And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
‘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.
Then the people rejoiced because of their leaders’ willingness to give, for they had given to the Lord wholeheartedly. King David also rejoiced greatly.
There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.’
So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.