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1 KINGS 9

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The Lord Appears to Solomon
  9:1 As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and the king’s house and all that Solomon desired to build, 2 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. 4 And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules, 5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6 But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 9 Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the Lord has brought all this disaster on them.’” Solomon’s Other Acts
10 At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house, 11 and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him. 13 Therefore he said, “What kind of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of Cabul to this day. 14 Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
    
15 And this is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer 16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife; 17 so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-horon 18 and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, 19 and all the store cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel— 21 their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction—these Solomon drafted to be slaves, and so they are to this day. 22 But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves. They were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.
    
23 These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work: 550 who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
    
24 But Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her own house that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.
    
25 Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, making offerings with it before the Lord. So he finished the house.
    
26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.



PSALM 124

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Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
124:1
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
let Israel now say—
2
if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
when people rose up against us,
3
then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
4
then the flood would have swept us away,
the torrent would have gone over us;
5
then over us would have gone
the raging waters.

6
Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth!
7
We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped!

8
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.



PROVERBS 29

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29:1
He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,
will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
2
When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
3
He who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
4
By justice a king builds up the land,
but he who exacts gifts tears it down.
5
A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
6
An evil man is ensnared in his transgression,
but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
7
A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
8
Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
9
If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
10
Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless
and seek the life of the upright.
11
A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.
12
If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
13
The poor man and the oppressor meet together;
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
14
If a king faithfully judges the poor,
his throne will be established forever.
15
The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
16
When the wicked increase, transgression increases,
but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
17
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
he will give delight to your heart.
18
Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint,
but blessed is he who keeps the law.
19
By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
for though he understands, he will not respond.
20
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
21
Whoever pampers his servant from childhood
will in the end find him his heir.
22
A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
23
One’s pride will bring him low,
but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
24
The partner of a thief hates his own life;
he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.
25
The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
26
Many seek the face of a ruler,
but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice.
27
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

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