The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: shew thyself a man;
KI1 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways,
to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his
testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest
prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
KI1 2:4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning
me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in
truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail
thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
KI1 2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to
me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
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