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1 Kings 3:14
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1 Kings 3:14
14And 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.
14And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to keepe my Statutes and my Commandements, *as thy father Dauid did walke, then I will lengthen thy dayes.
- Chap. 15.5.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Kings 3:14
To will, choose, intend, or be disposed to; as an auxiliary, indicates future action.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
commandments
Authoritative commands, laws, or precepts; especially commands given by God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To draw out or extend in time; to protract; to continue in duration; to draw out in pronunciation; to grow longer; to extend in length.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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Open the full verse study16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
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Open the full verse study5Because 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.
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Open the full verse study7Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
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Open the full verse study3And 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:
4That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
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Open the full verse study6And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
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Open the full verse study2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
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Open the full verse study16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
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Open the full verse study12Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.
13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
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Open the full verse study9¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study4And 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:
5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
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Open the full verse study3And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
4But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
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Open the full verse study17And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
18Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
19But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
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Open the full verse study22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
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Open the full verse study16¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study12If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
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Open the full verse study4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
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Open the full verse study3And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
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Open the full verse study8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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Open the full verse study2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
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Open the full verse study15But 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.
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