2 Chronicles 6:31

So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

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In The King James Version

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

In Context

30Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)

32And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:24Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.

Psalms 128:1A Song of the going up. Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.

Acts 9:31And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:13-42

12 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, 14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest… Read the whole commentary →

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