1 Kings 9:4 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 9:4

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,

BSB

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ASV

And as for thee, 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 mine ordinances;

KJV

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:

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If we perform our part of the covenant, God will not fail to perform his; if we improve the grace God has given us, he will confirm us to the end. Let not the children of godly parents expect the entail of the blessing, unless they tread in the steps of those that have gone before them to heaven, and keep up the virtue and piety of their ancestors.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַתָּ֞ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
תֵּלֵ֣ךְ	te.Lekh	you will walk	H1980 →
לְפָנַ֗י	le.fa.Nai	<to> before me	H6440 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
הָלַ֜ךְ	ha.Lakh	he walked	H1980 →
דָּוִ֤ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אָבִ֙יךָ֙	'a.Vi.kha	father your	H1 →
בְּתָם־	be.tom-	in integrity of	H8537 →
לֵבָ֣ב	le.Vav	heart	H3824 →
וּבְיֹ֔שֶׁר	u.ve.Yo.sher	and in uprightness	H3476 →
לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת	la.'a.Sot	by doing	H6213 →
כְּכֹ֖ל	ke.Khol	according to all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
צִוִּיתִ֑יךָ	tzi.vi.Ti.kha	I have commanded you	H6680 →
חֻקַּ֥י	chu.Kai	statutes my	H2706 →
וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י	u.mish.pa.Tai	and judgments my	H4941 →
תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃	tish.Mor	you will keep	H8104 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
leads to
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Luke 1:6
  Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Genesis 18:14
  Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- Genesis 6:9
  This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Through
1 Kings 3:14
So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 34:2
  And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 3:2
  for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
Through
1 Kings 15:5
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
leads to
- 1 Kings 14:8
  I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart,…