Deuteronomy 17:20

Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

Cross References (34)

  • 1 Kings 15:5 (5)

    For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all

  • Deuteronomy 5:32 (5)

    So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • Psalms 131:1–2 (3)

    A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or

  • Daniel 5:20–23 (3)

    But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his

  • Isaiah 2:12 (3)

    For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbl

  • 2 Chronicles 26:16 (2)

    But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he

  • 2 Chronicles 33:19 (2)

    His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high p

  • Deuteronomy 17:11 (2)

    according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left fro

  • 2 Kings 14:10 (2)

    You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up t

  • Deuteronomy 8:13–14 (2)

    and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

  • 1 Samuel 13:13–14 (2)

    “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had,

  • 1 Samuel 15:23 (2)

    For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected

  • 2 Corinthians 12:7 (2)

    or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my fle

  • 1 Kings 11:12–13 (2)

    Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand o

  • 2 Chronicles 32:25–26 (2)

    But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon J

  • Ecclesiastes 8:13 (2)

    Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:23 (2)

    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

  • 1 Kings 11:36 (2)

    I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city wher

  • Proverbs 27:24 (2)

    for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

  • Proverbs 10:27 (2)

    The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

  • Psalms 132:12 (2)

    If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever

  • Psalms 19:11 (2)

    By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.

  • 1 Kings 11:34 (2)

    Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his

  • Deuteronomy 4:2 (2)

    You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that

  • Deuteronomy 12:25 (2)

    Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in t

  • Deuteronomy 12:28 (2)

    Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, b

  • 2 Chronicles 33:12 (2)

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his f

  • 2 Chronicles 25:19 (2)

    You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should

  • Deuteronomy 8:2 (2)

    Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and

  • Habakkuk 2:4 (2)

    Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

  • 2 Chronicles 34:27 (2)

    because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and agains

  • Deuteronomy 12:32 (2)

    See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

  • 2 Kings 10:30 (2)

    Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done

  • 1 Peter 5:5 (1)

    Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one