17 (A)As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,

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

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“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

‘If you will walk in My ways,
And if you will (A)keep My command,
Then you shall also (B)judge My house,
And likewise have charge of My courts;
I will give you places to walk
Among these who (C)stand 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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27 I will put My (A)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

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27 And I will put my Spirit(A) in you and move you to follow my decrees(B) and be careful to keep my laws.(C)

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38 Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then (A)I will be with you and (B)build for you an enduring house, as I built for David, and 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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40 (A)You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that [a]it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may [b]prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:40 you may prosper
  2. Deuteronomy 4:40 live long

40 Keep(A) his decrees and commands,(B) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well(C) with you and your children after you and that you may live long(D) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

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10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

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10 If you keep my commands,(A) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

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21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and [a]manifest Myself to him.”

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  1. John 14:21 reveal

21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(A) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(B) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

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45 (A)That they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.

[a]Praise the Lord!

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  1. Psalm 105:45 Heb. Hallelujah

45 that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.(A)

Praise the Lord.[a](B)

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  1. Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

“As for you, my son Solomon, (A)know the God of your father, and serve Him (B)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for (C)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. (D)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will (E)cast you off forever.

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“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.

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Now if you (A)walk before Me (B)as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you (C)keep My statutes and My judgments, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, (D)as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ (E)But if you or your sons at all [a]turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, (F)then I will [b]cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated (G)for My name I will cast out of My sight. (H)Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And as for (I)this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, (J)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this (K)calamity on them.’ ”

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  1. 1 Kings 9:6 turn back
  2. 1 Kings 9:7 destroy

“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) I will establish(D) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(E) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

“But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(F) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(G) and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land(H) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(I) Israel will then become a byword(J) and an object of ridicule(K) among all peoples. This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled(L) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’(M) People will answer,(N) ‘Because they have forsaken(O) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster(P) on them.’”

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  1. 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
  3. 1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all

25 Therefore, Lord God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, (A)‘You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me.’

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25 “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises(A) you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’

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14 So (A)if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, (B)as your father David walked, then I will (C)lengthen[a] your days.”

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  1. 1 Kings 3:14 prolong

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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And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may (A)prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;

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and observe(A) what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper(B) in all you do and wherever you go

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