1 Kings 4:32

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

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

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

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

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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

Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

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

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

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

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

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These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people.”

When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Yahweh’s word that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Yahweh’s word that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the books that would be written.

“All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.

or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,