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 King James Version (NKJV)Let your heart therefore be loyal to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.”

Context of 1 Kings 8:61

59And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: 60That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 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. 62And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an 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

• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• perfectשָׁלֵםshâlêm · completeH8003
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for 1 Kings 8:61

• 1 Kings 11:4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
• 1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
• Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Deuteronomy 18:13Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
• 2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept grievously.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9And 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 shalt seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shalt forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
• Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
• 2 Corinthians 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Philippians 3:12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I press on, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended by Christ Jesus.

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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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