1 Kings 5:7

For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

This also comes out from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

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

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

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’ ”

Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

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

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.

A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

They will be for a sign and for a wonder to you and to your offspring forever.

Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is incomprehensible?”

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.

David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.

Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made you king over them.”

The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.

He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Yahweh said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you will be mute, and will not be able to correct them; for they are a rebellious house.

Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city. Then set your face toward it. It will be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—

He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?”

but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you;’ behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”

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

Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of yours?”

I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”

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

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

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

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

In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder, and carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face, so that you don’t see the land, for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.”

“Know therefore and discern that from the going out of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’ ”

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

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.

Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

Huram continued, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

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

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

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

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

Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,