1 Kings 8:61

1 Kings 8:61 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)And may your hearts be fully committed to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day."
• New Living Translation (NLT)And may you be completely faithful to the Lord our God. May you always obey his decrees and commands, just as you are doing today.”

Context of 1 Kings 8:61

59And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day may require, 60that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other. Let your heart therefore be loyal to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.” 62Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord. 63And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

1 Kings 8:61 word by word

וְהָיָ֤ה לְבַבְכֶם֙ שָׁלֵ֔ם עִ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לָלֶ֧כֶת בְּחֻקָּ֛יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֹתָ֖יו כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• therefore be perfectשָׁלֵםshâlêm · completeH8003
• with the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• to walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• in his statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• and to keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• his commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• as at this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for 1 Kings 8:61

• 1 Kings 11:4For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.
• 1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.
• Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
• Deuteronomy 18:13You shall be blameless before the Lord your God.
• 2 Kings 20:3“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.
• Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
• Psalms 37:37Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; For the future of that man is peace.
• 2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Philippians 3:12Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 8:61

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 61Let your heart therefore be perfect - Be sincere in your faith, be irreproachable in your conduct.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 61As at this day - i. e. “as ye are now doing, in coming with pious intentions to this festival.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-61Verses 54-61 Never was a congregation dismissed with what was more likely to affect them, and to abide with them. What Solomon asks for in this prayer, is still granted in the intercession of Christ, of which his supplication was a type. We shall receive grace sufficient, suitable, and seasonable, in every time of need. No human heart is of itself willing to obey the gospel call to repentance, faith, and newness of life, walking in all the commandments of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 57-61Solomon asked God to stay with his people and help them become obedient and faithful. With God's grace and their faithfulness, Israel could experience God's justice and show everyone that the Lord alone is God.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 8:61

• Perfection

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• Hallow
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• Prayer
• Receive
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings