³ Solomon ^(A)loved the Lord, ^(B)walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.

³ But if anyone loves God, ^(A)he is known by God.^[a]

¹⁶ If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God^[a] that I command you today, ^(A)by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules,^[b] then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

⁵ You ^(A)shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

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.”

⁶ And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because ^(A)he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and ^(B)have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.

²⁰ loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice ^(A)and holding fast to him, for ^(B)he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in ^(C)the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

⁶ And ^(A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, ^(B)so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

Circumcise Your Heart

¹² “And now, Israel, ^(A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but ^(B)to fear the Lord your God, ^(C)to walk in all his ways, ^(D)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,