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1 Kings 8:61

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59 And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

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BSB
So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
KJV
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
WEB
“Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as it is today.”
ASV
Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
DARBY
and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
BLB
And let your⁺ heart be complete to YHWH our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.”
ÅB
Og deres hjerte må være helt med Herren vår Gud, så dere vandrer etter hans lover og holder hans bud, som dere gjør idag.
OTB
La derfor deres hjerte være helt viet til Herren vår Gud, å vandre i Hans forskrifter og å holde Hans bud, som på denne dag."
B1930
Og eders hjerte må være helt med Herren vår Gud, så I vandrer efter hans lover og holder hans bud, som I gjør idag.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 11:4

    For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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  • 2 Kings 20:3

    “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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  • 1 Kings 15:14

    The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

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  • 1 Kings 15:3

    And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:13

    You must be blameless before the LORD your God.

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  • 2 Corinthians 7:1

    Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    As 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.

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  • Job 1:8

    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

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