Solomon and the Heart - Proverbs (Part 20)

PR O V E R B S PROVERBS W i s d o m W i s d o m f o f o r r a l l a l l 1 Kings 4:30–31 (ESV) so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east 31 and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. Proverbs 16:7 (ESV) When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Kings 11:14 (ESV) And the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the royal house in Edom. fl 1 Kings 11:23, 25 (ESV) God also raised up as an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had ed from his 25 master Hadadezer king of Zobah. He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, doing harm as Hadad did. And he loathed Israel and reigned over Syria. 1 Kings 11:26 (ESV) Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king. Proverbs 2:3–4 (ESV) yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for 4 understanding, if you seek it [wisdom] like silver and search for it [wisdom] as for hidden treasures, Proverbs 2:6 (ESV) For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; Proverbs 2:10 (ESV) for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; 2 Chronicles 1:10 (ESV) Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?” 2 Chronicles 1:12a (ESV) wisdom and knowledge are granted [lit. given] to you. Proverbs 22:4 (ESV) The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life. 1 Kings 3:5–14 (ESV) At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” 6And Solomon said, . . . 7And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in. 1 Kings 3:9 (ESV) Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” 1 Kings 3:12b-14 Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall 13 arise after you. I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all 14 your days. And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” Proverbs 2:16–19 (ESV) So you will be delivered from the forbidden [lit. strange] woman, from the adulteress [lit. foreign 17 woman] with her smooth words, who forsakes the companion of her youth and 18 forgets the covenant of her God; for her house sinks down to death, and her paths 19 to the departed; none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life. 1 Kings 11:1–3a (ESV) Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, 2 Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung 3 to these in love. He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. Proverbs 18:12 (ESV) Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. 2 Samuel 12:24c (ESV) and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him [Solomon]. fi 1 Kings 3:3 (ESV) Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacri ced and made offerings at the high places. 1 Kings 5:1 (ESV) Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David. 1 Kings 10:9 (ESV) Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD loved Israel forever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.” 1 Kings 10:14–15 (ESV) Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 15 talents of gold, besides that which came from the explorers and from the business of the merchants, and from all the kings of the west and from the governors of the land. 1 Kings 3:12 (ESV) behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. 1 Kings 4:29 (ESV) And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, fi Kings 4:32–34 (ESV) He also spoke 3,000 33 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, 34 and of reptiles, and of sh. And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. 1 Kings 10:23 (ESV) Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 1 Kings 10:24 (ESV) And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 1 Kings 10:25 (ESV) Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. 1 Kings 10:26–27 (ESV) And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in 27 Jerusalem. And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. 1 Kings 10:28–29 (ESV) And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received 29 them from Kue at a price. A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king’s traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria fl fl fl 1 Kings 10:22 (ESV) For the king had a eet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the eet of Hiram. Once every three years the eet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. Proverbs 18:12 (ESV) Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. Deuteronomy 17:14–20 (ESV) “When you come to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’ 15you may indeed set a king over you whom the LORD your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16aOnly he must not acquire many horses for himself 1 Kings 10:26 (ESV) And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 16bor cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’ 1 Kings 10:28–29 (ESV) And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s 29 traders received them from Kue at a price. A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king’s traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. 17aAnd he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, 1 Kings 11:1–3a (ESV) Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. 17aAnd he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, 1 Kings 11:3 (ESV) He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. 1 Kings 11:4 (ESV) For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. 1 Kings 11:9 (ESV) And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 17bnor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold. 18“And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. 19And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, Exodus 20:3–5a (ESV) “You shall have no 4 other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the 5 water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, 1 Kings 11:5 (ESV) For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. fi 1 Kings 11:7–8 (ESV) Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of 8 Jerusalem. And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacri ced to their gods. Proverbs 4:4 (ESV) he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Proverbs 4:21 (ESV) Let them [the parents’ sayings] not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. 1 Chronicles 28:9 (ESV) “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. 1 Chronicles 29:19 (ESV) Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision.” fl Proverbs 4:23 (ESV) Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it ow the springs of life. 1 John 5:21 (ESV) Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 2 Thessalonians 3:5 (ESV) May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.