Quotations

«Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, / I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; / And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: / That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.»

«I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.»

«I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.»

«I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.»

«Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.»

«My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.»

«I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.»

«Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.»

«I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.»

«O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: / And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.»