1 Kings 2:9

“ ‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.

Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”

But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”

If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”

Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

God gave Solomon abundant wisdom and understanding, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”

Who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.

I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”

For every matter of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.

For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.

All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”

But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

but you turned and profaned my name, and every man caused his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return. You brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.’ ”

“ ‘ “I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I won’t allow my holy name to be profaned any more. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

“If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.

Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.

“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.

behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.

All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.

For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

“No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child will die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed.

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”

oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.