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1 Kings 6:12

“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

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ASV

Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.

KJV

Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַבַּ֨יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
הַזֶּ֜הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
אַתָּ֣ה'a.TahyouH859 →
בֹנֶ֗הvo.Neh[are] buildingH1129 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
תֵּלֵ֤ךְte.Lekhyou will walkH1980 →
בְּחֻקֹּתַי֙be.chu.ko.Taiin statutes myH2708 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
מִשְׁפָּטַ֣יmish.pa.Taijudgments myH4941 →
תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֔הta.'a.Sehyou will observeH6213 →
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֥ve.sha.mar.Taand you will keepH8104 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
מִצְוֹתַ֖יmitz.vo.Taicommandments myH4687 →
לָלֶ֣כֶתla.Le.khetto walkH1980 →
בָּהֶ֑םba.Hemin <the> them
וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤יva.ha.ki.mo.Tiand I will establishH6965 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
דְּבָרִי֙de.va.Riword myH1697 →
אִתָּ֔ךְ'i.Takhwith youH854 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
דִּבַּ֖רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI spokeH1696 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִ֥דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אָבִֽיךָ׃'a.Vi.khafather yourH1 →

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1 Chronicles 22:10He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.Colossians 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.1 Kings 9:5then 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 Chronicles 6:14and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.Psalms 132:12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”1 Kings 9:3–6And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.1 Kings 3:14So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”2 Samuel 7:12–16And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.1 Kings 2:3–4And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,1 Samuel 12:14–15If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.2 Chronicles 7:17–18And 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,Zechariah 3:7“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.1 Kings 8:25Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’1 Kings 11:38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.1 Kings 8:23and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.Exodus 21:1“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:

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