Those who are rich - 1 Timothy 4-6

Some Will Fall Away

A Good Minister’s Discipline

[13] Until I come, give attention to the public reading [of Scripture], to exhortation and teaching. 

[1Ti 4:13 LSB]

Honor Widows

Honoring the Elders

[17] The elders who lead well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor at [preaching] the word and teaching. 

[1Ti 5:17 LSB]

Instructions to Those Who Serve

[1] All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and [our] doctrine will not be slandered. 

[1Ti 6:1 LSB]

[10] For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evils, and some by aspiring to it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 

[1Ti 6:10 LSB]

[17] Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty or to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. 

[18] [Command them] to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 

[19] storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed. 

[1Ti 6:17-19 LSB]

Instructions in Doctrine and Living - 1 Timothy 1-3

Instructions in Doctrine and Living

[5] But the goal of our command is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and an unhypocritical faith. 

[1Ti 1:5 LSB]

[4] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

[Rom 10:4 LSB]

[15] It is a trustworthy saying and deserving full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost.
[16] Yet for this reason I was shown mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate all His patience as an example for those who are going to believe upon Him for eternal life.
[1Ti 1:15-16 LSB]

Exhortation to Prayer

[1] First of all, then, I exhort that petitions [and] prayers, requests [and] thanksgivings, be made for all men, 

[2] for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. 

[3] This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 

[4] who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth. 

[1Ti 2:1-4 LSB]

[5] For there is one God, [and] one mediator also between God and men, [the] man Christ Jesus, [6] who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the witness for this proper time. [1Ti 2:5-6 LSB]

Instructions for Women

Overseers and Deacons

[16] And by common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: 

He who was manifested in the flesh, 

Was vindicated in the Spirit, 

Seen by angels, 

Proclaimed among the nations, 

Believed on in the world, 

Taken up in glory. 

[1Ti 3:16 LSB]

Josiah Reads the Book of the Covenant - 2 Kings 23-25

Josiah Reads the Book of the Covenant

[17] Then he said, "What is this monument that I see?" And the men of the city told him, "It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel." 

[2Ki 23:17 LSB]

[2] And he cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says Yahweh, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah is his name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'" 

[1Ki 13:2 LSB]

 

Josiah Celebrates the Passover

[26] However, Yahweh did not turn from His great burning anger, His anger which burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him to anger. 

[27] And Yahweh said, "I will remove Judah also from My presence, as I have removed Israel. And I will reject Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'" 

[2Ki 23:26-27 LSB]

Jehoahaz Reigns Over Judah

Jehoahaz’s Reign and Imprisonment

Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

Jehoiakim Rebels Against Nebuchadnezzar

[3] Surely at the command of Yahweh it came upon Judah, to remove [them] from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 

[4] and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and Yahweh was not willing to pardon. 

[2Ki 24:3-4 LSB]

Jehoiachin Reigns over Judah

Judah Exiled to Babylon

Zedekiah Reigns over Judah

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

Jerusalem Burned

Gedaliah Appointed Judah’s Governor

Hezekiah’s Prayer - 2 Kings 19-22

Isaiah Tells Hezekiah Not to Be Afraid

Sennacherib Deceives Hezekiah

Hezekiah’s Prayer

[14] Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of Yahweh and spread it out before Yahweh. 

[15] And Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, the God of Israel, who is enthroned [above] the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 

[16] "Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and hear; open Your eyes, O Yahweh, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to reproach the living God. 

[2Ki 19:14-16 LSB]

Isaiah Speaks of Sennacherib’s Fall

[27] 'But I know your sitting down, And your going out and your coming in, And your raging against Me. 

[2Ki 19:27 LSB]

[31] 'For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of Yahweh will do this. 

[2Ki 19:31 LSB]

Hezekiah’s Illness and Restoration

[11] Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh, and He turned the shadow on the stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz. 

[2Ki 20:11 LSB]

Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures

Manasseh Reigns over Judah

Manasseh’s Idolatry Denounced

Amon Reigns over Judah

Josiah Reigns over Judah

[2] And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh and walked in all the way of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. 

[2Ki 22:2 LSB]

Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

Huldah Says Yahweh is Bringing Evil

Hezekiah Reigns over Judah - 2 Kings 16-18

Ahaz Reigns over Judah

[3] But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel. 

[2Ki 16:3 LSB]

Ahaz Sends for Help from Assyria

Ahaz Has Urijah Build an Altar

Hezekiah Reigns over Judah

Hoshea Reigns over Israel

Israel Exiled to Assyria

Israel Rejects Yahweh

[7] Now [this] happened because the sons of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God--who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt--and they had feared other gods 

[8] and walked in the statutes of the nations whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, and [in the statutes] of the kings of Israel which they had made. 

[2Ki 17:7-8 LSB]

Exiled Men in the Cities of Samaria

[41] So while these nations were fearing Yahweh, they also were serving their graven images; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers acted, so they are acting [this way] to this day.

[2Ki 17:41 LSB]

Hezekiah Reigns over Judah

[3] And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done. [4] He took away the high places and shattered the [sacred] pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel were burning incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan. 

[2Ki 18:3-4 LSB]

[5] He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among those] who were before him. 

[6] So he clung to Yahweh; he did not turn away from following Him, but kept His commandments, which Yahweh had commanded Moses. 

[2Ki 18:5-6 LSB]

[7] "Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh And whose trust is Yahweh. 

[8] "And he will be like a tree planted by the water, That sends forth its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor refrain from yielding fruit. 

[Jer 17:7-8 LSB]

 

Hezekiah Prospers

Sennacherib Comes Up Against Judah

The Death of Elisha - 2 Kings 13-15

Jehoahaz Reigns over Israel

[4] Then Jehoahaz entreated the face of Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them. 

[2Ki 13:4 LSB]

Jehoash Reigns over Israel

The Death of Elisha

[23] But Yahweh was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not bring them to ruin or cast them from His presence until now. 

[2Ki 13:23 LSB]

Amaziah Reigns over Judah

Jeroboam II Reigns over Israel

Zechariah Reigns over Israel

Azariah Reigns over Judah

[3] And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. [4] Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 

[2Ki 15:3-4 LSB]

Zechariah Reigns over Israel

Shallum Reigns over Israel

Menahem Reigns over Israel

Pekahiah Reigns over Israel

Pekah Reigns over Israel

[28] And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. 

[2Ki 15:28 LSB]

Jotham Reigns over Judah

[34] And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 

[35] Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh. 

[2Ki 15:34-35 LSB]

Jehu Destroys the Slaves of Baal - 2 Kings 10-12

The Heads of Ahab’s Sons Sent to Jehu

Jehu Destroys the Slaves of Baal

[31] But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel sin. 

[2Ki 10:31 LSB]

Jehoahaz Reigns over Israel

Athaliah Reigns over Judah

[17] Then Jehoiada cut a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they would be the people of Yahweh, also between the king and the people. 

[2Ki 11:17 LSB]

Jehoash Reigns over Judah

Jehoash Repairs the House of Yahweh

Amaziah Reigns over Judah

Lepers Report the Arameans’ Flight - 2 Kings 7-9

Lepers Report the Arameans’ Flight

[9] Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light, punishment will overtake us. So now, come, let us go and tell the king's household." 

[2Ki 7:9 LSB]

[28] So the woman left her water jar, and went into the city and said to the men, 

[29] "Come, see a man who told me all the things that I [have] done; is this not the Christ?" 

[Jhn 4:28-29 LSB]

 

Plundering the Arameans

Jehoram Restores the Shunammite’s Land

Elisha Weeps over Hazael’s Evil

Jehoram Reigns over Judah

Ahaziah Reigns over Judah

Jehu Anointed King over Israel

Jehu Deceives Joram

[26] 'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' says Yahweh, 'and I will repay you in this property,' says Yahweh. So now, lift [him] up and cast him into the property, according to the word of Yahweh." 

[2Ki 9:26 LSB]

[19] And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood."'" [1Ki 21:19 ESV]

Jehu Strikes Down Ahaziah

Jezebel Is Eaten by Dogs

[36] Therefore they returned and declared [it] to him. And he said, "This is the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; 

[2Ki 9:36 LSB]

[23] And of Jezebel the LORD also said, 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel.' [1Ki 21:23 ESV]

Naaman Cleaned from Leprosy - 2 Kings 4-6

The Widow’s Oil

The Shunammite Woman Will Bear a Son

A Dead Boy Opens His Eyes

[32] Then Elisha came into the house, and behold, the boy was dead and laid on his bed. 

[33] So he entered and shut the door behind them both and prayed to Yahweh. 

[34] And he went up and lay on the child and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm. 

[2Ki 4:32-34 LSB]

The Death in the Stew

[42] Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, "Give [them] to the people that they may eat." 

[43] And his attendant said, "What, will I give this before one hundred men?" But he said, "Give [them] to the people that they may eat, for thus says Yahweh, 'They shall eat and have [some] left over.'" 

[44] So he gave [it] before them, and they ate and had [some] left over, according to the word of Yahweh. [2Ki 4:42-44 LSB]

[11] Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed [them] to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted. 

[Jhn 6:11 LSB]

Naaman Cleaned from Leprosy

[3] And she said to her mistress, "I wish that my master were before the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy." 

[2Ki 5:3 LSB]

[13] Then his servants approached and spoke to him and said, "My father, had the prophet spoken with you [to do some] great thing, would you not have done [it]? How much more [then], when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?" 

[2Ki 5:13 LSB]

Gehazi’s Leprosy

[26] Then he said to him, "Did not my heart go [with you], when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female slaves? 

[2Ki 5:26 LSB]

The Axe Head Floats

[6] Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw [it] in there and made the iron float. 

[2Ki 6:6 LSB]

Horses and Chariots of Fire Around Elisha

[17] Then Elisha prayed and said, "O Yahweh, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 

[2Ki 6:17 LSB]

Aram’s Siege of Samaria

Flour and Barley in Samaria

Elijah Taken to Heaven - 2 Kings 1-3

Ahaziah’s Messengers Meet Elijah

Jehoram Reigns over Israel

Elijah Taken to Heaven

[9] Now it happened when they crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." [10] And he said, "You have asked a hard thing. [Nevertheless], if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be [so]." 

[2Ki 2:9-10 LSB]

[11] As they were going along and talking, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire and horses of fire, and it separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. 

[12] And Elisha was seeing [this] and he was crying out, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. 

[2Ki 2:11-12 LSB]

Elisha Has the Spirit of Elijah

Moab Rebels Against Israel

Ahab Humbles Himself - 1 King 19-22

Elijah Runs from Jezebel

[7] And the angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you." 

[8] So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. 

[1Ki 19:7-8 LSB]

Elijah at Horeb

[18] "Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him." 

[1Ki 19:18 LSB]

[22] For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea, [Only] a remnant within them will return; A [destructive] end is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 

[Isa 10:22 LSB]

Elijah Puts the Mantle on Elisha

Ahab Wars with Aram

Israel Fights the Arameans

A Prophesy Enrages Ahab

Ahab Takes Possession of Naboth’s Vineyard

Yahweh Speaks Against Ahab

Ahab Humbles Himself

[27] Now it happened when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. 

[28] Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 

[29] "Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, [but] I will bring the evil upon his house in his son's days." 

[1Ki 21:27-29 LSB]

Ahab Battles Against Aram

Ahab Hates Micaiah

Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab

The Death of Ahab

[38] And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots bathed themselves [there]), according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke. 

[1Ki 22:38 LSB]

[19] "And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'" 

[1Ki 21:19 LSB]

 

Jehoshaphat Reigns over Judah

Ahaziah Reigns over Israel

A Widow Sustains Elijah - 1 King 16-18

Baasha Reigns over Israel

Elah Reigns over Israel

Zimri Reigns over Israel

Omri Reigns over Israel

[24] And he bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. 

[1Ki 16:24 LSB]

Ahab Reigns over Israel

[34] In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the [loss of] Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the [loss of] his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun. 

[1Ki 16:34 LSB]

[26] Then Joshua made them swear [an oath] at that time, saying, "Cursed before Yahweh is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with [the loss of] his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with [the loss of] his youngest son he shall set up its gates." 

[Jos 6:26 LSB]

A Widow Sustains Elijah

[6] And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. 

[1Ki 17:6 LSB]

Yahweh Returns Life to the Widow’s Son

[21] Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh my God, I pray You, let this child's life return to him." 

[22] And Yahweh heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he became alive. 

[1Ki 17:21-22 LSB]

Obadiah Meets Elijah

Yahweh or Baal on Mount Carmel

Yahweh Answers, He Is God

[36] Now it happened at the time of the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your slave and I have done all these things at Your word. 

[37] "Answer me, O Yahweh, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Yahweh, are God, and [that] You have turned their heart back again." 

[1Ki 18:36-37 LSB]

Yahweh Sends Rain

The Prophet Rebels Against Yahweh - 1 King 13-15

The Altar Shall Be Torn Apart

The Prophet Rebels Against Yahweh

[33] After this event Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but he returned and made priests of the high places from among all the people; any who delighted [to be so], he ordained. So they became priests of the high places. 

[34] And this event became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to blot [it] out and destroy [it] from off the face of the earth. 

[1Ki 13:33-34 LSB]

The House of Jeroboam Is Cut Off

The Death of Jeroboam

Rehoboam Reigns over Judah

The Death of Rehoboam

Abijam Reigns over Judah

[4] But for David's sake Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem; 

[5] because David did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite. 

[1Ki 15:4-5 LSB]

Asa Reigns over Judah

[14] But the high places were not removed; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to Yahweh all his days. 

[1Ki 15:14 LSB]

Asa Wars Against Baasha

Nadab Reigns over Israel

Baasha Reigns over Israel

Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves - 1 King 10-12

The Queen of Sheba

[13] Thus King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she asked, besides what he gave her according to his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants. 

[1Ki 10:13 LSB]

Solomon’s Riches and Wisdom

[26] And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 

[1Ki 10:13, 26 LSB]

[16] "Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses. Yahweh has said to you, 'You shall never again return that way.' 

[Deu 17:16 LSB]

 

Solomon Turns from Yahweh

[3] And he had 700 wives--princesses--and 300 concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. 

[4] Now it happened at the time that Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father [had been]. 

[1Ki 11:3-4 LSB]

[17] "And he shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself. [Deu 17:17 LSB]

 

Yahweh Raises Up Adversaries

The Death of Solomon

Rehoboam Forsakes the Elders’ Counsel

[15] So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn [of events] from Yahweh, that He might establish His word, which Yahweh spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. [1Ki 12:15 LSB]

Israel Rebels Against Judah

Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves

[27] "If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, [even] to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah." 

[28] So the king took counsel, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt." 

[29] And he set one in Bethel, and one he put in Dan. 

[30] Now this thing became a sin, for the people went [to worship] before the one as far as Dan. [1Ki 12:27-30 LSB]

Yahweh Appears to Solomon - 1 King 7-9

Solomon Builds His Own House

[2] And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. 

[1Ki 7:2 LSB]

11, 250 square feet

Hiram’s Work in the House of Yahweh

[16] He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. [1Ki 7:16 LSB]

[21] Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. 

[1Ki 7:21 LSB]

Jachin: he shall establish

Boaz: in it is strength

The Ark Brought into the House of Yahweh

[10] Now it happened that when the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the house of Yahweh, 

[11] so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh. 

[1Ki 8:10-11 LSB]

Solomon Blesses the People

[15] And he said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled [it] by His hand, saying, 

[16] 'Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel [in which] to build a house that My name might be there, but I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.' 

[1Ki 8:15-16 LSB]

Solomon’s Prayer for Israel

Solomon Blesses Yahweh

[56] "Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one promise has failed of all His good promises, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant. [57] "May Yahweh our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not forsake us or abandon us, 

[58] that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers. 

[1Ki 8:56-58 LSB]

The Offering for the House of Yahweh

Yahweh Appears to Solomon

[6] "But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments [and] My statutes which I have given before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 

[7] then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have set apart as holy for My name, I will cast out of My presence. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 

[8] "And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will [feel] desolate and hiss and say, 'Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?' 

[9] "And they will say, 'Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and took hold of other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore Yahweh has brought all this calamity on them.'" 

[1Ki 9:6-9 LSB]

Cities Given to Hiram

Solomon Builds Cities and Ships

The House Solomon Built for Yahweh - 1 King 4-6

Solomon’s Officials

Judah’s and Israel’s Abundance and Security

[26] Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 

[1Ki 4:26 LSB]

[16] "Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses. Yahweh has said to you, 'You shall never again return that way.' 

[Deu 17:16 LSB]

[29] And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of [understanding] in [his] heart, like the sand that is on the seashore.
[1Ki 4:26, 29 LSB]

Covenant with Hiram King of Tyre

The House Solomon Built for Yahweh

[37] In the fourth year the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid, in the month of Ziv. 

[38] Now in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was completed throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he built it in seven years. 

[1Ki 6:37-38 LSB]

God Gives Wisdom to Solomon - 1 Kings 1-3

David in Old Age

Nathan Speaks to Bathsheba

Solomon Anointed King

David’s Command to Solomon

[2] "I am going the way of all the earth. So you shall be strong, and be a man. 

[1Ki 2:2 LSB]

The Death of David

[10] Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. 

[1Ki 2:10 LSB]

Adonijah’s Request

Adonijah Put to Death

[27] So Solomon drove Abiathar away from being priest to Yahweh, in order to fulfill the word of Yahweh, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 

[1Ki 2:27 LSB]

Joab Put to Death

Shimei Put to Death

Solomon’s Marriage and Sacrifices

God Gives Wisdom to Solomon

[9] "So give Your slave a listening heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this glorious people of Yours?" 

[10] And it was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. 

[1Ki 3:9-10 LSB]

Solomon Wisely Judges

Precious and Magnificent Promises - 2 Peter 1-3

Precious and Magnificent Promises

2 Peter 1:1-3 LSB

Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have received the same kind of faith as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the full knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

2 Peter 1:10-11 LSB

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and choosing sure; for in doing these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

Eyewitnesses of Jesus

2 Peter 1:17-18 LSB — For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”— and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

The Rise of False Prophets

2 Peter 2:1 LSB — But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:20-22 LSB — For if they are overcome, having both escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and having again been entangled in them, then the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them. The message of the true proverb has happened to them, “A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”

The Day of the Lord Will Come

2 Peter 3:11-13 LSB — Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens burning will be destroyed, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, in which righteousness dwells.

2 Peter 3:14 LSB — Therefore, beloved, since you are looking for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,

2 Peter 3:18 LSB — but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

The One Who Rescues Me - Psalm 38-41

Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh

Psalm 38:21-22 LSB

Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;

O my God, do not be far from me! Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!

Yahweh, Make Me Know My End

Psalm 39:1 LSB — For the choir director. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

I said, “I will keep watch over my ways

That I may not sin with my tongue;

I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle

While the wicked are in my presence.”

Psalm 39:9 LSB — “I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,

Because it is You who have done it.

The One Who Rescues Me

Psalm 40:1-3 LSB

For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

I hoped earnestly for Yahweh;

And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,

And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;

Many will see and fear

And will trust in Yahweh.

Psalm 40:6-7 LSB

Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;

My ears You have opened;

Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. Then I said, “Behold, I come;

In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

Hebrews 10:8-10 LSB — After saying above, “SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them” (which are offered according to the Law), then He said, “BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second. By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

O Yahweh, Be Gracious to Me

Psalm 41:9 LSB — Even my close friend in whom I trusted,

Who ate my bread,

Has lifted up his heel against me.

John 13:26 LSB — Jesus answered, “He is the one for whom I shall dip the piece of bread and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

Delight Yourself in Yahweh - Psalm 34-37

Taste and See that Yahweh Is Good

[1] Of David. When he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he drove him away and he departed. ALEPH I will bless Yahweh at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

[2] BETH My soul will make its boast in Yahweh; The humble will hear it and rejoice. 

[3] GIMEL O magnify Yahweh with me, And let us exalt His name together. 

[Psa 34:1-3 LSB]

[5] Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. 

[Psa 34:5 ESV]

[2] fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

[Heb 12:2 LSB]

[8] TETH O taste and see that Yahweh is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! 

[Psa 34:8 LSB]

[1] Therefore, laying aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

[2] like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

[3] if you have TASTED THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD.

[1Pe 2:1-3 LSB]

 

Yahweh Be Magnified

[9] And my soul shall rejoice in Yahweh; It shall be joyful in His salvation. 

[10] All my bones will say, "Yahweh, who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?" 

[Psa 35:9-10 LSB]

In Your Light We See Light

[11] Let not the foot of pride come upon me, And let not the hand of the ungodly drive me away. 

[Psa 36:11 LSB]

Delight Yourself in Yahweh

[3] BETH Trust in Yahweh and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. 

[4] Delight yourself in Yahweh; And He will give you the desires of your heart. 

[5] GIMEL Commit your way to Yahweh, Trust in Him, and He will do it. ... 

[7] DALETH Be still in Yahweh and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness. 

[Psa 37:3-5, 7 LSB]

Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield - Psalm 31-33

Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit

[19] How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have worked for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of men! 

[20] You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues. [

Psa 31:19-20 LSB]

[21] Blessed be Yahweh, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city. 

[Psa 31:21 LSB]

You Forgave the Iniquity of My Sin

[1] Of David. A Maskil. 

How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! 

[Psa 32:1 LSB]

[6] Therefore, let every holy one pray to You at a time when [You] may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. 

[Psa 32:6 LSB]

[6] Seek Yahweh while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. 

[Isa 55:6 LSB]

[7] You are my hiding place; You guard me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. [Psa 32:7 LSB]

You Are My Hiding Place - Spotify

Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield

[1] Sing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright. 

[2] Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings. 

[3] Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a loud shout. 

[Psa 33:1-3 LSB]

[18] Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His lovingkindness, [19] To deliver their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine. 

[Psa 33:18-19 LSB]

Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation - Psalm 27-30

Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation

[1] Of David. 

Yahweh is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strong defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? 

[Psa 27:1 LSB]

[4] One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Yahweh And to inquire in His temple. 

[Psa 27:4 LSB]

Yahweh Is My Strength and My Shield

[7] Yahweh is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. 

[Psa 28:7 LSB]

The Voice of Yahweh

[2] Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name; Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness. 

[Psa 29:2 LSB]

[4] The voice of Yahweh is powerful, The voice of Yahweh is [full of] splendor. 

[Psa 29:4 LSB]

You Have Turned My Mourning into Dancing

[11] You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, 

[12] That [my] glory(soul) may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to You forever. 

[Psa 30:11-12 LSB]

Yahweh Is My Shepherd - Psalm 23-26

Yahweh Is My Shepherd

[1] A Psalm of David. Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want. 

[2] He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 

[3] He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. 

[4] Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 

[5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. 

[6] Surely goodness and lovingkindness will pursue me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of Yahweh forever. 

[Psa 23:1-6 LSB]

The King of Glory

[3] Who may ascend into the mountain of Yahweh? And who may rise in His holy place? 

[4] He who has innocent hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to worthlessness And has not sworn deceitfully. 

[5] He shall lift up a blessing from Yahweh And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

[Psa 24:3-5 LSB]

Lead Me in Your Truth

[4] DALETH 

Make me know Your ways, O Yahweh; Teach me Your paths. 

[5] HE / VAV 

Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; In You I hope all the day. 

[Psa 25:4-5 LSB]

[7] HETH 

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According to Your lovingkindness remember me, For the sake of Your goodness, O Yahweh. 

[Psa 25:7 LSB]

Give Justice to Me, O Yahweh

[1] Of David. Give justice to me, O Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in Yahweh; I will not waver. 

[Psa 26:1 LSB]

Why Have You Forsaken Me? - Psalm 19-22

The Law of Yahweh Is Perfect

[1] For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands. 

[Psa 19:1 LSB]

[7] The law of Yahweh is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple. 

[8] The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes. 

[Psa 19:7-8 LSB]

[14] Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Yahweh, my rock and my Redeemer. 

[Psa 19:14 LSB]

We Will Boast in the Name of Yahweh

[7] Some [boast] in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of Yahweh, our God. 

[Psa 20:7 LSB]

The King Trusts in Yahweh

[13] Be exalted, O Yahweh, in Your strength; We will sing and praise Your might. 

[Psa 21:13 LSB]

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Ps. 22:18 They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

Matt. 27:35 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

Ps. 22:7 All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads.

Matt. 27:39 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads.

Ps. 22:8 "He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"

Matt. 27:43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, "I am the Son of God."

Ps. 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?

Matt. 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

You Will Not Forsake My Soul - Psalm 16-18

You Will Not Forsake My Soul

[3] As for the saints who are in the earth, They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight. 

[Psa 16:3 LSB]

[7] I will bless Yahweh who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. 

[Psa 16:7 LSB]

What Does It Mean to Bless God?

[8] I have set Yahweh continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
[Psa 16:8 LSB]

[10] For You will not forsake my soul to Sheol; You will not give Your Holy One over to see corruption. [Psa 16:10 LSB]

[24] "But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. 

[25] "For David says of Him, 'I SAW THE LORD CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME; BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. 

[26] 'THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE; 

[27] BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT FORSAKE MY SOUL TO HADES, NOR GIVE YOUR HOLY ONE OVER TO SEE CORRUPTION. 

[28] 'YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.' 

[Act 2:24-28 LSB]

 

In the Shadow of Your Wings

[8] Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings 

[Psa 17:8 LSB]

[10] "He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him; He cared for him; He guarded him as the pupil of His eye. 

[Deu 32:10 LSB]

[2] Keep my commandments and live, And my law as the apple of your eye. 

[Pro 7:2 LSB]

[8] For thus says Yahweh of hosts, "After glory He has sent Me against the nations which have taken you as spoil, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye. 

[Zec 2:8 LSB]

[14] From men with Your hand, O Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their excess to their infants. 
[Psa 17:14 LSB]

[15] As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.
[Psa 17:15 LSB]

[4] How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near [to You] That he would dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.
[Psa 65:4 LSB]

[21] who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by His working through which He is able to even subject all things to Himself.
[Phl 3:21 LSB]

[2] Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not been manifested as yet what we will be. We know that when He is manifested, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
[1Jo 3:2 LSB]

 

Yahweh Is My Rock and My Fortress

[1] For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 

He said, "I love You, O Yahweh, my strength."
[2] Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
[Psa 18:1-2 LSB]

[3] I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. 

[Psa 18:3 LSB]

[16] He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. [Psa 18:16 LSB]

[10] And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she named him Moses and said, "Because I drew him out of the water." 

[Exo 2:10 LSB]

[15] And he said to me, "The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and crowds and nations and tongues. 

[Rev 17:15 LSB]

There Is No One Who Does Good - Psalm 11-15

Yahweh Is in His Holy Temple

[1] For the choir director. Of David. 

In Yahweh I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, "Flee [as] a bird to your mountain; 

[Psa 11:1 LSB]

[7] For Yahweh is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face. 

[Psa 11:7 LSB]

Yahweh Will Set the Needy in Safety

[6] The words of Yahweh are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the ground, refined seven times.  [Psa 12:6 LSB]

How Long, O Yahweh?

[5] But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. 

[6] I will sing to Yahweh, Because He has dealt bountifully with me. 

[Psa 13:5-6 LSB]

There Is No One Who Does Good

[2] Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who has insight, Anyone who seeks after God. 

[3] They have all turned aside, altogether they have become worthless; There is no one who does good, not even one. 

[Psa 14:2-3 LSB]

[10] as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;

[11] THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; [12] ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME WORTHLESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE." ...

[23] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

[Rom 3:10-12, 23 LSB]

 

Who May Dwell on Your Holy Mountain?

[1] A Psalm of David.
O Yahweh, who may sojourn in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
[2] He who walks blamelessly, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart.
[Psa 15:1-2 LSB]

Yahweh, Rescue My Soul - Psalm 6-10

Yahweh, Rescue My Soul

[1] For the choir director. With stringed instruments. According to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 

O Yahweh, do not reprove me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath. 

[Psa 6:1 LSB]

[9] Yahweh has heard my supplication, Yahweh receives my prayer. 

[Psa 6:9 LSB]

In You I Have Taken Refuge

[10] My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. 

[Psa 7:10 LSB]

[17] I will give thanks to Yahweh according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. 

[Psa 7:17 LSB]

How Majestic Is Your Name

[1] For the choir director. According to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. 

O Yahweh, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who displays Your splendor above the heavens! 

[Psa 8:1 LSB]

[2] From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. 

[Psa 8:2 LSB]

[25] At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from [the] wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. 

[Mat 11:25 LSB]

[16] and said to Him, "Do You hear what these [children] are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?" 

[Mat 21:16 LSB]

 

Yahweh Will Judge the World in Righteousness

[1] For the choir director. Almuth-labben. A Psalm of David. 

ALEPH 

I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart; I will recount all Your wondrous deeds. 

[Psa 9:1 LSB]

Do Not Forget the Afflicted

[12] QOPH 

Arise, O Yahweh; O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted. 

[Psa 10:12 LSB]

[17] TAV 

O Yahweh, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will cause Your ear to give heed 

[18] To give justice to the orphan and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror. 

[Psa 10:17-18 LSB]

Yahweh, Save Me - Psalm 1-5

The Way of the Righteous and Wicked

[1] How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 

[2] But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, And in His law he meditates day and night. 

[Psa 1:1-2 LSB]

[11] Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. 

[Psa 119:11 LSB]

The Reign of Yahweh’s Anointed

[12] Kiss the Son, lest He become angry, and you perish [in] the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him! 

[Psa 2:12 LSB]

Yahweh, Save Me

[3] But You, O Yahweh, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head. 

[Psa 3:3 LSB]

[114] You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.

[Psa 119:114 LSB]

 

Yahweh Makes Me Abide in Safety

[7] You have put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound. 

[8] In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety. 

[Psa 4:7-8 LSB]

Lead Me in Your Righteousness

[3] O Yahweh, in the morning, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order [my] [prayer] to You and [eagerly] watch. 

[Psa 5:3 LSB]

[35] And in the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus rose up, went out of [the house], and went away to a desolate place, and was praying there.

[Mar 1:35 LSB]

 

Christ, Our Example - 1 Peter 1-5

A Living Hope

[1] Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as exiles, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen 

[2] according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to the obedience of Jesus Christ and the sprinkling of His blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. 

[1Pe 1:1-2 LSB]

[3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 

[4] to [obtain] an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, having been kept in heaven for you, 

[5] who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 

[1Pe 1:3-5 LSB]

[8] And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 

[9] receiving as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls. 

[1Pe 1:8-9 LSB]

[22] Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a love of the brothers without hypocrisy, fervently love one another from the heart, 

[23] for you have been born again not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, [that is], through the living and enduring word of God. 

[1Pe 1:22-23 LSB]

As Living Stones, God’s Chosen Family

[1] Therefore, laying aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, 

[2] like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, 

[3] if you have TASTED THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD. 

[1Pe 2:1-3 LSB]

[4] [And] coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 

[5] you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 

[1Pe 2:4-5 LSB]

[9] But you are A CHOSEN FAMILY, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 

[1Pe 2:9 LSB]

Be Subject to Authority

Christ, Our Example

[24] Who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that having died to sin, we might live to righteousness; by His WOUNDS YOU WERE HEALED. 

[25] For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 

[1Pe 2:24-25 LSB]

Wives and Husbands

[1] In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands so that even if any [of them] are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 

[2] as they observe your pure conduct with fear. 

[1Pe 3:1-2 LSB]

[7] You husbands in the same way, live with [your wives] in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 

[1Pe 3:7 LSB]

Suffering for Righteousness

[15] but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always [being] ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and fear, 

[1Pe 3:15 LSB]

Keep Fervent in Your Love

[8] Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS. 

[1Pe 4:8 LSB]

[10] As each one has received a gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God-- 

[11] whoever speaks, as one [speaking] the oracles of God; whoever serves, as one [serving] by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and might forever and ever. Amen. 

[1Pe 4:10-11 LSB]

Sharing the Suffering of Christ

[19] Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good. [1Pe 4:19 LSB]

Shepherd the Flock of God

[2] shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not under compulsion, but willingly, according to God; and not for dishonest gain, but with eagerness; 

[3] nor yet as lording it over those allotted to you, but being examples to the flock. 

[1Pe 5:2-3 LSB]

David’s Song of Deliverance - 2 Samuel 22-24

David’s Song of Deliverance

[2] He said, "Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; 

[3] My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence. 

[2Sa 22:2-3 LSB]

[4] "I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. 

[2Sa 22:4 LSB]

[7] "In my distress I called upon Yahweh, And I called to my God; And out of His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help [came] into His ears. 

[2Sa 22:7 LSB]

David’s Last Words

[2] "The Spirit of Yahweh spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. 

[2Sa 23:2 LSB]

David’s Mighty Men

[39] Uriah the Hittite; thirty-seven in all. 

[2Sa 23:39 LSB]

David Sins In Taking a Census

[1] And again the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah." 

[2Sa 24:1 LSB]

David Erects an Altar

[24] However, the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will surely buy [it] from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. [2Sa 24:24 LSB]

2 Samuel 19-21

Joab Tells David to Speak to His Servants

David Returns to Jerusalem

Sheba Goes Up Against David

Joab Strikes Amasa

David Gives Saul’s Sons to the Gibeonites

War with the Philistines

David Weeps Over Absalom - 2 Samuel 16-18

Ziba Meets David

Shimei Curses David

[10] But the king said, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if Yahweh has told him, 'Curse David,' then who shall say, 'Why have you done so?'" 

[2Sa 16:10 LSB]

Absalom Enters Jerusalem

[22] So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. 

[2Sa 16:22 LSB]

[11] "Thus says Yahweh, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives from before your sight and give [them] to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

[2Sa 12:11 LSB]

 

 Absalom Calls for Hushai’s Counsel

Hushai Informs David

Joab Puts Absalom to Death

[8] And the battle there was scattered over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 

[2Sa 18:8 LSB]

[9] Then Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Now Absalom was riding on [his] mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him passed onward. 

[2Sa 18:9 LSB]

David Weeps Over Absalom

[33] Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" 

[2Sa 18:33 LSB]

Absalom - 2 Samuel 13-15

Amnon Violates Tamar

[15] Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, "Get up, go away!" 

[2Sa 13:15 LSB]

Absalom Strikes Down Amnon

[39] [And the heart of] King David was consumed with going out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he had died. [2Sa 13:39 LSB]

The Woman of Tekoa

David Brings Back Absalom

Absalom’s Conspiracy

David Flees Jerusalem

David and Bathsheba - 2 Samuel 10-12

The Ammonites Dishonor David’s Men

David Defeats Ammon and Aram

David and Bathsheba

[27] Then the [time of] mourning passed by, and David sent and gathered her to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Yahweh. 

[2Sa 11:27 LSB]

Yahweh Sends Nathan to David

[13] Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh." And Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has taken away your sin; you shall not die. 

[2Sa 12:13 LSB]

Solomon Is Born

Joab Fights Ammon

David’s House Will Be Established Forever - 2 Samuel 7-9

The Ark of God Inhabits a Tent

David’s House Will Be Established Forever

[14] "I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will reprove him with the rod of men and the strikes from the sons of men, 

[2Sa 7:14 LSB]

[5] For to which of the angels did He ever say, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again, "I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"? [Heb 1:5 LSB]

[16] "And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'" 

[2Sa 7:16 LSB]

[3] "I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,

[4] I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne from generation to generation." Selah.

[Psa 89:3-4 LSB]

David Magnifies Yahweh’s Name

[18] Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? 

[2Sa 7:18 LSB]

David Strikes Down Nations

[11] King David also set these apart as holy to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he had set apart as holy from all the nations which he had subdued: 

[2Sa 8:11 LSB]

David’s Lovingkindness to Mephibosheth

David Dances Before Yahweh - 2 Samuel 4-6

Ish-bosheth Put to Death

David Anointed King over All Israel

[10] And David became greater and greater, and Yahweh, the God of hosts, was with him. 

[2Sa 5:10 LSB]

Children Born to David in Jerusalem

David Goes Up Against the Philistines

[19] Then David asked of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?" And Yahweh said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand." [2Sa 5:19 LSB]

[21] And they forsook their idols there; so David and his men carried them away. 

[2Sa 5:21 LSB]

[12] And they forsook their gods there; so David said [the word], and they were burned with fire. [1Ch 14:12 LSB]

 

The Ark Is Brought to Jerusalem

[6] Then they came to the threshing floor of Nacon. And Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen nearly upset [it]. 

[7] And the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. 

[2Sa 6:6-7 LSB]

David Dances Before Yahweh

[14] And David was dancing before Yahweh with all [his] strength, and David was girded with a linen ephod. 

[2Sa 6:14 LSB]

[21] So David said to Michal, "[It was] before Yahweh, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Yahweh, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh. [2Sa 6:21 LSB]

[31] Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 

[1Co 10:31 LSB]

David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan - 2 Samuel 1-3

Saul and Jonathan Are Dead

[14] Then David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to send forth your hand to destroy the anointed of Yahweh?" 

[2Sa 1:14 LSB]

[8] With him I speak mouth to mouth, Indeed clearly, and not in riddles, And he beholds the form of Yahweh. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses?" 

[Num 12:8 LSB]

David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan

[26] "I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was more wonderful Than the love of women. 

[2Sa 1:26 LSB]

[1] Now it happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 

[1Sa 18:1 LSB]

David Anointed King of Judah

Ish-bosheth Made King over Israel

Abner Defeated Before David

The House of David Strengthened

Abner Cuts a Covenant with David

Joab Strikes Abner

[39] "Thus I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May Yahweh repay the evildoer according to his evil." 

[2Sa 3:39 LSB]

David Strikes Down the Amalekites - 1 Samuel 28-31

Saul and the Woman of En-dor

[6] So Saul asked of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets. 

[1Sa 28:6 LSB]

Achish Makes David Leave the Battle

David Strikes Down the Amalekites

[6] Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people said to stone him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God. 

[1Sa 30:6 LSB]

[7] Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring the ephod near to me." So Abiathar brought the ephod near to David. 

[8] And David asked of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?" And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely deliver [all]." 

[1Sa 30:7-8 LSB]

David Apportions the Spoils

The Death of Saul and His Sons

Abigail Becomes David’s Wife - 1 Samuel 25-27

The Death of Samuel

David and Abigail

Abigail’s Discernment

[38] Now it happened that about ten days later, Yahweh smote Nabal, and he died. 

[1Sa 25:38 LSB]

Abigail Becomes David’s Wife

[39] Then David heard that Nabal was dead, so he said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil. Yahweh has also returned the evil of Nabal on his own head." Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 

[1Sa 25:39 LSB]

[41] And she arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your maidservant is a servant-woman to wash the feet of my lord's servants." 

[1Sa 25:41 LSB]

David Takes Saul’s Spear

[9] But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can send forth his hand against the anointed of Yahweh and be without guilt?" 

[10] David also said, "As Yahweh lives, surely Yahweh will smite him, or his day will come that he dies, or he will go down into battle and be swept away. 

[11] "Yahweh forbid that I should send forth my hand against the anointed of Yahweh; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let us go." 

[1Sa 26:9-11 LSB]

[12] So David took the spear and the jug of water from [beside] Saul's head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew [it], nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a sound sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them. 

[1Sa 26:12 LSB]

David Escapes to the Philistines

David Does Not Kill Saul - 1 Samuel 22-24

David at the Cave of Adullam

Saul Puts the Priests at Nob to Death

[9] Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 

[1Sa 22:9 LSB]

[1] For the choir director. A Maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endures] all day long.

[Psa 52:1 LSB]

David Saves Keilah

[2] So David asked of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" And Yahweh said to David, "Go and strike the Philistines and save Keilah." 

[1Sa 23:2 LSB]

[4] Then David asked of Yahweh once more. And Yahweh answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand." 

[1Sa 23:4 LSB]

Saul Pursues David

[19] Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 

[1Sa 23:19 LSB]

[1] For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Is not David hiding himself among us?" O God, save me by Your name, And render justice to me by Your might.

[Psa 54:1 LSB]

 

David Does Not Kill Saul

[5] And it happened afterward that David's heart struck him because he had cut off the edge of Saul's [robe]. 

[1Sa 24:5 LSB]

[20] in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 

[21] Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 

[1Jo 3:20-21 LSB]

David and Jonathan’s Covenant - 1 Samuel 19-21

David Escapes from Saul

[23] So he went there, to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 

[24] He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" [1Sa 19:23-24 LSB]

David and Jonathan’s Covenant

[17] And Jonathan made David swear again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own soul. 

[1Sa 20:17 LSB]

Saul Is Angry with Jonathan

[41] When the young man was gone, David rose from the south side and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, but David [wept] more. 

[1Sa 20:41 LSB]

David Takes Consecrated Bread

[6] So the priest gave him consecrated [bread]; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread [in its place] when it was taken away.

[1Sa 21:6 LSB]

[3] But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions, 

[4] how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone? 

[Mat 12:3-4 LSB]

 

David Flees to Gath

David Puts Goliath to Death - 1 Samuel 16-18

David Anointed King

[7] But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God [sees] not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart." 

[1Sa 16:7 LSB]

[13] Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. 

[1Sa 16:13 LSB]

David Becomes Saul’s Armor Bearer

[14] Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh terrorized him. 

[1Sa 16:14 LSB]

Goliath Challenges Israel

David Puts Goliath to Death

[45] Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have reproached. 

[1Sa 17:45 LSB]

[46] "This day Yahweh will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 

[47] and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh does not save by sword or by spear; for the battle is Yahweh's, and He will give you into our hands." 

[1Sa 17:46-47 LSB]

David and Jonathan’s Friendship

[10] Now it happened on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house. Now David was playing [the harp] with his hand, as usual; and a spear [was] in Saul's hand. 

[1Sa 18:10 LSB]

Saul Looks at David with Suspicion

Saul Looks at David with Suspicion

Saul’s Daughter Given to David