For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
Psalm 101:2 - New International Version (Anglicised) I will be careful to lead a blameless life – when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will behave myself wisely In a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will behave myself wisely and give heed to the blameless way–O when will You come to me? I will walk within my house in integrity and with a blameless heart. American Standard Version (1901) I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. Common English Bible I want to study the way of integrity— how long before it gets here? I will walk with a heart of integrity in my own house. Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee. |
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.
As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
‘As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,
Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life.
Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.
My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; the one whose way of life is blameless will minister to me.
I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.
But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.
‘ “Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honoured, I will come to you and bless you.
‘Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.’ And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.’
Ahimelek answered the king, ‘Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?