“And He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me,
“Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor. The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael,
““Gird up your loins, and keep your lamps lit. And be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may
“All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son,
“Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to number Israel….And this thing was displeasing in the sight of God, so He struck Israel. Then David said to God,
“But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with
“You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world sets himself as an enemy
“But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!” and James and John, sons of
“It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? But if you are without
“¶They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity….Therefore at such a time the one with insight keeps silent, for it is an