Deuteronomy 17:20 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²⁰ neither exalting himself above other members of the community nor turning aside from the commandment, either to the right or to the left, so that he and his descendants may reign long over his kingdom in Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ That his [mind and] heart may not be lifted up above his brethren and that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left; so that he may continue long, he and his sons, in his kingdom in Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Common English Bible

²⁰ by not being overbearing toward his fellow Israelites, and by not deviating even a bit from the commandment. If the king does all that, he will ensure lasting rule in Israel for himself and for his successors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And so may his heart not become exalted with arrogance over his brothers, nor turn aside to the right or to the left, so that he and his sons may reign for a long time over Israel."

Deuteronomy 17:20 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 22:23

For all his ordinances were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

1 Kings 11:34

Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom away from him but will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of my servant David whom I chose and who did keep my commandments and my statutes;

1 Kings 11:36

Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.

1 Kings 15:3

He committed all the sins that his father did before him; his heart was not true to the Lord his God, like the heart of his father David.

1 Kings 15:5

because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 2:3

and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn.

2 Kings 10:30

The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what I consider right, and in accordance with all that was in my heart have dealt with the house of Ahab, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

2 Chronicles 25:19

You say, ‘See, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. Now stay at home; why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he had become strong he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was false to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to make offering on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 33:12

While he was in distress he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer, and how God received his entreaty, all his sin and his faithlessness, the sites on which he built high places and set up the sacred poles and the images, before he humbled himself, these are written in the records of the seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

He did not humble himself before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself, but this Amon incurred more and more guilt.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.

Psalm 119:102

I do not turn away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

Psalm 132:12

If your sons keep my covenant and my decrees that I shall teach them, their sons also, forevermore, shall sit on your throne.”

Psalm 19:11

Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches do not last forever, nor a crown for all generations.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;

Habakkuk 2:4

Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith.

2 Corinthians 12:7

even considering the exceptional character of the revelations. Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated.

Deuteronomy 12:25

Do not eat it, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to obey all these words that I command you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 12:32

You must diligently observe everything that I command you; do not add to it or take anything from it.

Deuteronomy 17:11

You must carry out fully the law that they interpret for you or the ruling that they announce to you; do not turn aside from the decision that they announce to you, either to the right or to the left.

Deuteronomy 4:2

You must neither add anything to what I command you nor take away anything from it, but keep the commandments of the Lord your God with which I am charging you.

Deuteronomy 5:32

You must therefore be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn to the right or to the left.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Samuel 10:25

Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship; and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people back to their homes.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is no less a sin than divination, and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”