that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
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that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
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That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
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that He may incline our hearts unto Him, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:58 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 119:36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
- Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.
- Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- Hebrews 13:21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Deuteronomy 4:1 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
- Deuteronomy 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land that you go over to possess;
- Song of Solomon 1:4 Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.
- Psalms 110:3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He concludeth that man of himself is enemy unto…
He concludeth that man of himself is enemy unto God, and that all obedience to his Law proceedeth of his mere mercy.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:58 That he may incline our hearts unto…
1Ki 8:58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Ver. 58. That he may incline our hearts.] Cause us to keep his commandments, {Eze 36:26-27} bend us to the obedience of his will. Lex iubet, gratia iuvat.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain That he may incline our hearts unto him; that…
That he may incline our hearts unto him; that he may not only bless us with outward prosperity and glory, but especially with spiritual blessings; and that as he hath given us his word and statutes to teach and direct us, so he would by his Holy Spirit effectually incline and engage our hearts to keep and obey them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And let these my words, wherewith I have made…
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord,.... At this time:
be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night; be continually remembered and regarded by him, that so gracious answers might always be returned to those who supplicated in this place:
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that he maintain the cause of his servant; of himself and his successors in the throne, that they may continue to possess it in peace, to the glory of God, and the good of the people:
and the cause of his people Israel at all times: that their rights and privileges might be continued, and they supported in them; and both his cause and theirs be regarded:
as the matter shall require; as they should stand in need of assistance, direction, and protection.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Incline - That he may not only bless us…
Incline - That he may not only bless us with outward prosperity, but especially, with spiritual blessings: and that as he hath given us his word to teach and direct us, so he would by his holy Spirit, effectually incline us to obey it.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:58. That he may incline our hearts unto…
1Ki 8:58. That he may incline our hearts unto him — That he may not only bless us with outward prosperity and glory; but especially with spiritual blessings; and that as he has given us his word to teach and direct us; so he would, by his Holy Spirit, effectually incline us to obey it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Incline our hearts - This is a doctrine which…
Incline our hearts - This is a doctrine which first appears in Scripture in the Davidical Psalms (see the margin reference and Psa 141:4). Solomon in this prayer seems to be thoroughly penetrated with his father’s spirit.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 58. that he may incline our hearts unto him]…
58. that he may incline our hearts unto him] Which will not happen if He leave or forsake His people.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (58) That he may incline . . .—Comparing this…
(58) That he may incline . . .—Comparing this verse with the exhortation of 1Ki_8:61, we find exemplified the faith which pervades all Holy Scripture and underlies the whole idea of covenant with God. It is a faith in the true, though mysterious, co-operation of the “preventing grace” of God, which must be recognised in all adequate conceptions of Him, as the Source of all life and action, physical and spiritual, and of that free responsibility of man which is the ultimate truth of the inner human consciousness. God “inclines the heart” and yet the heart must yield itself. The conviction of this truth naturally grows deeper and plainer, in proportion as man realises better the inner life of the soul as contrasted with the outer life of event and action, and realises accordingly the dominion of God over the soul by His grace, over and above His rule over the visible world by His providence. Hence it comes out especially in the Psalms, the Proverbs, and the Prophetic books. It is instructive, for example, to observe how through the great “psalm of the Law” (Psalms 119) the conviction again and again expresses itself that only by His gift can the heart be enabled to obey it. (See 1Ki_8:26-27; 1Ki_8:32-33; 1Ki_8:36, &c.) In the New Testament, the “covenant of the Spirit,” the truth is brought out in all its fulness; perhaps most vividly in the celebrated paradox of Php_2:12-13, “Work out your own salvation . . . For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That he may incline our hearts unto him, (Psa_119:26…
That he may incline our hearts unto him, (Psa_119:26 Psa_141:4) to walk in his ways ver. 25; 1Ki_2:4. The condition on which God"s blessing was insured was at this time printed on Solomon"s mind, and to keep his commandments, and his satutes, and his Judgments see note on 1Ki_2:3, to which ver. there is not improbably a reference, which he commanded our fathers.
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