1 Chronicles 22:13

David promised Solomon prosperity if he carefully obeyed God's statutes, urging him to be strong, courageous, and unafraid. Obedience and courage were the path to success.

Cross-references · 17

• Josh 1:6–9“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
• 1 Chr 28:20David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.
• 1 Chr 28:7I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as it is today.’
• Eph 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
• 1 Kgs 2:3and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.
• Deut 31:6–8Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
• 2 Tim 2:1You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
• Jas 2:8However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
• Ps 119:6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
• 1 Chr 28:10Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
• 1 Cor 16:13Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
• Jer 22:3–4Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
• Gal 6:2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
• Acts 13:22When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
• Matt 3:15But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
• 2 Chr 20:20They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
• Josh 1:18Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn’t listen to your words in all that you command him shall himself be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”

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