Deuteronomy 17:20

He is not to exalt himself over his relatives, nor turn aside from the commandment neither to the right nor to the left so that he and his sons may reign long in Israel."

Deuteronomy 5:32

You must be careful to do what the LORD your God commanded you, turning neither to the left nor to the right.

1 Kings 15:5

because David had practiced what the LORD considered to be right. He never avoided anything that the LORD had commanded him during his entire lifetime, except for the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Deuteronomy 4:2

Do not add or subtract a thing to what I'm commanding you. Observe the commands of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way these 40 years in the desert, to humble and test you in order to make known what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

Deuteronomy 8:13-14

when your cattle and oxen multiply, when your silver and gold increase,

Deuteronomy 12:25

You must not eat it, so that life will go well for you and for your children after you. Then you'll do what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be sure to observe all these words that I'm commanding you, in order that life may go well for you and your children after you forever, for this is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God."

Deuteronomy 12:32

Now as to everything I'm commanding you, you must be careful to observe it. Don't add to or subtract from it."

Deuteronomy 17:11

in accordance with what the Law says, and in accordance with the verdict that will be handed to you. You must not deviate from the verdict that they declare to you either to the right or to the left.

1 Samuel 13:13-14

Then Samuel told Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You haven't obeyed the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever,

1 Samuel 15:23

Indeed, rebellion is the sin of divination, and arrogance is iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected this message from the LORD, he has rejected you from being king."

1 Kings 11:12-13

I'm not going to do this during your lifetime, for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of your son's control.

1 Kings 11:34

"Nevertheless, I won't take the entire kingdom away from him, but I'll let him reign for the rest of his life, because of my servant David, whom I chose, who obeyed my commandments and statutes,

1 Kings 11:36

I'll give one tribe to his son, so my servant David will always have a light shining in my presence in Jerusalem, the city that I chose for myself and where I have placed my name.

2 Kings 10:30

Nevertheless, the LORD told Jehu, "Because you have done well in carrying out what I saw as the right thing to do by completing everything I had in mind regarding Ahab's dynasty, your sons will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation."

2 Kings 14:10

You just defeated Edom and you're arrogant. Bask in your victory and stay home. Why incite trouble so that you yes, you! fall, along with Judah with you?"

2 Chronicles 25:19

You claim you've defeated Edom, but you're really only puffed up with arrogant boasting. So stay home. Why stir up trouble so you die, and the rest of Judah with you?"

2 Chronicles 26:16

But after he had become strong, in his arrogance he acted corruptly and became unfaithful to the LORD his God, and he dared to enter the LORD's Temple to burn incense on the incense altar.

2 Chronicles 32:25-26

But Hezekiah's response wasn't commensurate with what had been done for him because he was arrogant in heart, so wrath came upon him, upon Judah, and upon Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:12

But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer, how God was moved by him, all of his sin and unfaithfulness, and a record of the sites where he constructed high places, erected Asherim and carved images before he humbled himself are written in the Acts of the Seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

except that he never humbled himself to the LORD like his father Manasseh had done. In fact, Amon multiplied his own guilt

2 Chronicles 34:27

"Because your heart was sensitive, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he had to say about this place and its inhabitants indeed, because you humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes, and cried out to me, I have heard you," declares the LORD.

Psalm 19:11

Moreover your servant is warned by them; and there is great reward in keeping them.

Psalm 131:1-2

LORD, my heart is not arrogant, nor do I look haughty. I do not aspire to great things, nor concern myself with things beyond my ability.

Psalm 132:12

If your sons keep my covenant and my statutes that I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever."

Proverbs 10:27

Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the wicked will not live long.

Proverbs 27:24

because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But things will not go well for the wicked person: he will not lengthen his life like a shadow, since he has no fear before God.

Isaiah 2:12

"For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has reserved a time to oppose all who are proud and haughty, and the self-exalting they will be humbled.

Daniel 5:20-23

But when he became arrogant and his spirit hardened, he was removed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.

Habakkuk 2:4

"Notice their arrogance they have no inward uprightness but the righteous will live by their faith.

2 Corinthians 12:7

To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.

1 Peter 5:5

In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

That he

Bible References

His heart

Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way these 40 years in the desert, to humble and test you in order to make known what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
2 Kings 14:10
You just defeated Edom and you're arrogant. Bask in your victory and stay home. Why incite trouble so that you yes, you! fall, along with Judah with you?"
2 Chronicles 25:19
You claim you've defeated Edom, but you're really only puffed up with arrogant boasting. So stay home. Why stir up trouble so you die, and the rest of Judah with you?"
2 Chronicles 26:16
But after he had become strong, in his arrogance he acted corruptly and became unfaithful to the LORD his God, and he dared to enter the LORD's Temple to burn incense on the incense altar.
2 Chronicles 32:25
But Hezekiah's response wasn't commensurate with what had been done for him because he was arrogant in heart, so wrath came upon him, upon Judah, and upon Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 33:12
But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,
2 Chronicles 34:27
"Because your heart was sensitive, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he had to say about this place and its inhabitants indeed, because you humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes, and cried out to me, I have heard you," declares the LORD.
Psalm 131:1
LORD, my heart is not arrogant, nor do I look haughty. I do not aspire to great things, nor concern myself with things beyond my ability.
Isaiah 2:12
"For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has reserved a time to oppose all who are proud and haughty, and the self-exalting they will be humbled.
Daniel 5:20
But when he became arrogant and his spirit hardened, he was removed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.
Habakkuk 2:4
"Notice their arrogance they have no inward uprightness but the righteous will live by their faith.
2 Corinthians 12:7
To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.
1 Peter 5:5
In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."

He turn

Deuteronomy 4:2
Do not add or subtract a thing to what I'm commanding you. Observe the commands of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 5:32
You must be careful to do what the LORD your God commanded you, turning neither to the left nor to the right.
Deuteronomy 12:25
You must not eat it, so that life will go well for you and for your children after you. Then you'll do what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
1 Kings 15:5
because David had practiced what the LORD considered to be right. He never avoided anything that the LORD had commanded him during his entire lifetime, except for the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Right hand

Deuteronomy 17:11
in accordance with what the Law says, and in accordance with the verdict that will be handed to you. You must not deviate from the verdict that they declare to you either to the right or to the left.
1 Samuel 13:13
Then Samuel told Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You haven't obeyed the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever,
1 Samuel 15:23
Indeed, rebellion is the sin of divination, and arrogance is iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected this message from the LORD, he has rejected you from being king."
1 Kings 11:12
I'm not going to do this during your lifetime, for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of your son's control.
2 Kings 10:30
Nevertheless, the LORD told Jehu, "Because you have done well in carrying out what I saw as the right thing to do by completing everything I had in mind regarding Ahab's dynasty, your sons will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation."
Psalm 19:11
Moreover your servant is warned by them; and there is great reward in keeping them.
Psalm 132:12
If your sons keep my covenant and my statutes that I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever."
Proverbs 27:24
because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But things will not go well for the wicked person: he will not lengthen his life like a shadow, since he has no fear before God.

That he

Proverbs 10:27
Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the wicked will not live long.

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