Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.” New Living Translation And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you a long life.” English Standard Version And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” Berean Standard Bible So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.” King James Bible And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. New King James Version So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” New American Standard Bible And if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.” NASB 1995 “If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.” NASB 1977 “And if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.” Legacy Standard Bible Now if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.” Amplified Bible If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and My commandments, as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days.” Christian Standard Bible If you walk in my ways and keep my statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.” Holman Christian Standard Bible If you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.” American Standard Version And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. Contemporary English Version If you obey me and follow my commands, as your father David did, I'll let you live a long time. English Revised Version And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. GOD'S WORD® Translation And if you follow me and obey my laws and commands as your father David did, then I will also give you a long life." Good News Translation And if you obey me and keep my laws and commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life." International Standard Version If you will live life my way, keeping my statutes and my commands, just like your father David did, I'll also increase the length of your life." Majority Standard Bible So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.” NET Bible If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life." New Heart English Bible If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days." Webster's Bible Translation And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. World English Bible If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand if you walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as your father David walked, then I have prolonged your days.” Young's Literal Translation and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.' Smith's Literal Translation And if thou wilt go in my way to watch my law and my commands, as David thy father went, I prolonged thy days. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd if thou wilt walk in my ways, and Beep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days. Catholic Public Domain Version And if you will walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, just as your father walked, I will lengthen your days.” New American Bible And if you walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and commandments, as David your father did, I will give you a long life. New Revised Standard Version If you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your life.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if you will walk in my ways to keep my covenant and my commandments, according to what David your father walked, I shall multiply your days.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And if thou wilt walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Grants Wisdom, Riches, and Honor…13Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal. 14So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.” 15Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.… Cross References Deuteronomy 5:33 You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. Deuteronomy 6:2 so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged. Deuteronomy 30:16 For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. Joshua 1:7-8 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. / This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. 1 Kings 2:3-4 And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn, / and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ 1 Kings 9:4-5 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, / then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ 2 Kings 20:3 “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 1 Chronicles 22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged. 1 Chronicles 28:7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’ 2 Chronicles 7:17-18 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, / then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’ Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. / He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Psalm 119:1-3 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. / Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. / They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. Proverbs 3:1-2 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. Isaiah 38:3 saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Ezekiel 18:9 He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD. Treasury of Scripture And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days. if thou 1 Kings 2:3,4 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: … 1 Chronicles 22:12,13 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God… 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. as thy 1 Kings 3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 1 Kings 9:4,5 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: … 1 Kings 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. I will lengthen Deuteronomy 5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Deuteronomy 25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Psalm 21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. Jump to Previous Commandments Commands David Keeping Lengthen Obey Orders Prolong Prolonged Statutes Walk Walked Ways WiltJump to Next Commandments Commands David Keeping Lengthen Obey Orders Prolong Prolonged Statutes Walk Walked Ways Wilt1 Kings 3 1. Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter2. High places being in use, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon 5. Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gave him, 10. preferring wisdom, obtains wisdom, riches, and honor 16. Solomon's judgment makes him renowned So if you walk in My ways The phrase "walk in My ways" is a metaphorical expression that signifies living a life in accordance with God's will and guidance. The Hebrew word for "walk" is "halak," which implies a continuous, habitual action. This suggests that following God's ways is not a one-time event but a lifelong journey. In the historical context of ancient Israel, walking in God's ways was synonymous with living a life of righteousness and obedience, reflecting the covenant relationship between God and His people. This phrase calls believers to a path of holiness and dedication, echoing the call to live distinctively as God's chosen people. keeping My statutes and commandments just as your father David walked I will prolong your days Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So ifוְאִ֣ם ׀ (wə·’im) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you walk תֵּלֵ֣ךְ (tê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk in My ways בִּדְרָכַ֗י (biḏ·rā·ḵay) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action and keep לִשְׁמֹ֤ר (liš·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to My statutes חֻקַּי֙ (ḥuq·qay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute and commandments, וּמִצְוֺתַ֔י (ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4687: Commandment just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that your father אָבִ֑יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father David דָּוִ֣יד (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse did, הָלַ֖ךְ (hā·laḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk then I will prolong וְהַאַרַכְתִּ֖י (wə·ha·’a·raḵ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 748: To be, long your days.” יָמֶֽיךָ׃ (yā·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day Links 1 Kings 3:14 NIV1 Kings 3:14 NLT 1 Kings 3:14 ESV 1 Kings 3:14 NASB 1 Kings 3:14 KJV 1 Kings 3:14 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 3:14 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 3:14 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 3:14 French Bible 1 Kings 3:14 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 3:14 If you will walk in my ways (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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