1 Kings 8:61

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. ⁵⁵And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: ⁵⁶"Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses. ⁵⁷May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us. ⁵⁸May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers. ⁵⁹And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires, ⁶⁰so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other! ⁶¹So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments."

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perfect: 1 Kings 11:4, 1 Kings 15:3, 1 Kings 15:14, Genesis 17:1, Deuteronomy 18:13, 2 Kings 20:3, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Job 1:1, Job 1:8, Psalms 37:37, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Philippians 3:12-16

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:38 - with a perfect heart 1 Chronicles 28:7 - as at this day 1 Chronicles 29:9 - perfect heart

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord your God,.... Sincere in their love to him, united in their worship of him, and constant in their obedience to him:

to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day: as they did that day, neither king nor people having as yet fallen into idolatry, but showing by their then present appearance a zeal for God, his house, and worship.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As at this day - i. e. “as ye are now doing, in coming with pious intentions to this festival.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 61. Let your heart therefore be perfect — Be sincere in your faith, be irreproachable in your conduct.