Quotes About Commitment

So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”

When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,

saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.

Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”

Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORDís people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.

In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.

Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.

He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.

Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,