And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.(1 Kings 3:3)

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.(1 Kings 3:4)

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.(1 Kings 3:5)

And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.(1 Kings 3:7)

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.(1 Kings 3:8)

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?(1 Kings 3:9)

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1 Kings 3:6 - Cross Reference

Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. (1 Chronicles 29:12)

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; (2 Samuel 12:7)

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. (2 Samuel 22:47)

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. (2 Kings 20:3)

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. (Psalm 15:2)

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. (2 Corinthians 9:11)

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: (1 Kings 9:4)

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. (Psalm 116:7)

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. (Psalm 18:20)

And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. (1 Kings 1:48)

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: (2 Samuel 7:8)

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. (Numbers 12:7)

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: (Psalm 78:70)

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? (2 Samuel 7:5)

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. (1 Kings 2:4)

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. (Psalm 119:17)

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. (2 Corinthians 9:5)

I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. (Psalm 13:6)

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. (1 Kings 15:5)