And as for you, if you will (A)walk before me, (B)as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,

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“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(A) and uprightness, as David(B) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(C)

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

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For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep(A) any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah(B) the Hittite.

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14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, (A)as your father David walked, then (B)I will lengthen your days.”

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14 And if you walk(A) in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”(B)

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So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done.

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So Solomon did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.

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For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and (A)his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, (B)as was the heart of David his father.

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As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods,(A) and his heart was not fully devoted(B) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

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Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;[a] walk before me, and be (A)blameless,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El Shaddai

The Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old,(A) the Lord appeared to him(B) and said, “I am God Almighty[a];(C) walk before me faithfully and be blameless.(D)

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  1. Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El-Shaddai

And they were both (A)righteous before God, walking (B)blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)

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“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and (A)keep my charge, then you shall (B)rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among (C)those who are standing here.

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“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,(A) then you will govern my house(B) and have charge(C) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.(D)

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18 (A)Whoever (B)walks in integrity will be delivered,
    but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

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18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

11 But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
    redeem me, and be gracious to me.

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11 I lead a blameless life;
    deliver me(A) and be merciful to me.

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and (A)tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, and yet you have not been (B)like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes,

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I tore(A) the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right(B) in my eyes.

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38 And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, (A)I will be with you and (B)will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

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38 If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right(A) in my eyes by obeying my decrees(B) and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty(C) as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.

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A Life Pleasing to God

Finally, then, brothers,[a] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you (A)received from us (B)how you ought to walk and (C)to please God, just as you are doing, that you (D)do so more and more. For (E)you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13

Living to Please God

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

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