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1 Kings 8:58

That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

KJV

Sed inclinet corda nostra ad se, ut ambulemus in universis viis ejus, et custodiamus mandata ejus, et cæremonias ejus, et judicia quæcumque mandavit patribus nostris.

Vulgate

ἐπικλῖναι καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν πάσαις ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ φυλάσσειν πάσας ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ προστάγματα αὐτοῦ ἃ ἐνετείλατο τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν.

LXX

that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

ASV

לְ/הַטּ֥וֹת לְבָבֵ֖/נוּ אֵלָ֑י/ו לָ/לֶ֣כֶת בְּ/כָל דְּרָכָ֗י/ו וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֨ר מִצְוֺתָ֤י/ו וְ/חֻקָּי/ו֙ וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֔י/ו אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖ה אֶת אֲבֹתֵֽי/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 183×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
י
y
noun · 422×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 3:5 — And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
  • Deut 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth
  • Deut 4:45 — These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
  • Deut 6:1 — Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
  • Ezek 36:26 — A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
  • Heb 13:21 — Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
  • Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Ps 119:36 — Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
  • Ps 119:36 — Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
  • Ps 119:112 — I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
  • Ps 141:4 — Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
  • Song 1:4 — Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.