Deuteronomy 17:20

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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.

His heart

He turn

Right hand

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Proverbs 10:27

Bible References

His heart

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up in pride, causing his destruction; and he did evil against the Lord his God; for he went into the Temple of the Lord for the purpose of burning perfumes on the altar of perfumes.

But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:

As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.

And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

He turn

Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.

Right hand

Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.

I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.

By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

That he

The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.