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Don't Tempt Yourself

Song of Solomon 3:5 (MSG)
Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem, by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer: Don't excite love, don't stir it up, until the time is ripe—and you're ready.

David Displeases God

2 Samuel 11:27 (ESV)
And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

David, Man of Greatness

2 Samuel 7:8-9 (ESV)
Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.

Bottomline to Solomon...

Ecclesiastes 12:13 (ESV)
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Don't Study Too Much!

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (ESV)
My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

So Why Do It?

Ecclesiastes 11:9 (ESV)
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

A Time To Rejoice

2 Samuel 6:12 (ESV)
And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.

David's Purpose

2 Samuel 5:12 (ESV)
And David knew that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

Money Is The Answer???

Ecclesiastes 10:19 (NIV)
A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything.

Quiet Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 9:17 (NIV)
The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.

Love Between David

2 Samuel 1:26 (NIV)
I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.

Sick

Luke 5:31 (NIV)
Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Luke 5:31

Luke 5:31 (NIV)
Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Not a Hint

Ephesians 5:3 (NIV)
But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.

Flee!

1 Corinthians 6:18 (NIV)
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.

Royal Priesthood

1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Don't Be Too Wise

Ecclesiastes 7:16 (ESV)
Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Stop Talking So Much!

Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 (ESV)
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

The power of Threefold

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (ESV)
And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Using your enemies tools for good

1 Samuel 21:9 (ESV)
And the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me."

David had self control

1 Samuel 21:5 (ESV)
And David answered the priest, "Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition. The vessels of the young men are holy even when it is an ordinary journey. How much more today will their vessels be holy?"

Hebrews 3:4

Hebrews 3:4 (ESV)
(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)

Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28 (ESV)
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

More Knowledge, More Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 1:18 (ESV)
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

No Vision

Proverbs 29:18 (NIV)
Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom's instruction.