servitus

the snare of mammon

James 5:3 (NASB)
Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

the snare of mammon

James 5:3 (NASB)
Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

perversion of Jereboam

1 Kings 12:3-8 (NKJV)
that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 12:10-11 (NKJV)
Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on usthus you shall say to them: My little finger shall be thicker than my fathers waist!

1 Kings 12:13 (NKJV)
Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

1 Kings 12:22-31 (NKJV)
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

God rules

1 Kings 12:3-8 (NKJV)
that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 12:10-11 (NKJV)
Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on usthus you shall say to them: My little finger shall be thicker than my fathers waist!

1 Kings 12:13 (NKJV)
Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

1 Kings 12:22-24 (NKJV)
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

wisdom rejected

1 Kings 12:3-8 (NKJV)
that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 12:10-11 (NKJV)
Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on usthus you shall say to them: My little finger shall be thicker than my fathers waist!

1 Kings 12:13 (NKJV)
Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

caution to avoid foolish counsel

1 Kings 12:3-8 (NKJV)
that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 12:10-11 (NKJV)
Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on usthus you shall say to them: My little finger shall be thicker than my fathers waist!

1 Kings 11:1-6, 1 Kings 11:9-13, 1 Kings 11:26-31, 1 Kings 11:38-40

1 Kings 11:1-6 (NKJV)
But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites

1 Kings 11:9-13 (NKJV)
So the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

1 Kings 11:26-31 (NKJV)
Then Solomons servant, Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zereda, whose mothers name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king.

1 Kings 11:38-40 (NKJV)
Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build for you an enduring house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

even the wisest fall if not continually guarded

1 Kings 11:1-6 (NKJV)
But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites

1 Kings 11:9-13 (NKJV)
So the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

God's wisdom in man

1 Kings 10:8-9 (NKJV)
Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

The Exaltation of the LORD

1 Kings 10:23-24 (NKJV)
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

royal generosity.

1 Kings 10:1 (NKJV)
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.

1 Kings 10:3-5 (NKJV)
So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to her.

1 Kings 10:7-10 (NKJV)
However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard.

1 Kings 10:13 (NKJV)
Now King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given her according to the royal generosity. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

awesomeness of God's wisdom bestowed on man

1 Kings 10:1 (NKJV)
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.

1 Kings 10:3-5 (NKJV)
So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to her.

1 Kings 9:4-5, 1 Kings 9:8-9

1 Kings 9:4-5 (NKJV)
Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,

1 Kings 9:8-9 (NKJV)
And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?

walk before the Lord in integrity

1 Kings 9:4-5 (NKJV)
Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,

gentleness when instructing

2 Timothy 2:23-26 (NKJV)
But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.

Proverbs 8:6-12

Proverbs 8:6-12 (NKJV)
Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things;

2 Samuel 12:13, 2 Samuel 12:21-23

2 Samuel 12:13 (NASB)
Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has taken away your sin; you shall not die.

2 Samuel 12:21-23 (NASB)
Then his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate food."

2 Samuel 12:13

2 Samuel 12:13 (NASB)
Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has taken away your sin; you shall not die.

Colossians 4:2-3, Colossians 4:5-6, Colossians 4:12-13, Colossians 4:17

Colossians 4:2-3 (NKJV)
Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;

Colossians 4:5-6 (NKJV)
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

Colossians 4:12-13 (NKJV)
Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Colossians 4:17 (NKJV)
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.

Colossians 3:23-25

Colossians 3:23-25 (NKJV)
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,

Colossians 3:16, Colossians 3:18-21

Colossians 3:16 (NKJV)
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Colossians 3:18-21 (NKJV)
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Colossians 3:10

Colossians 3:10 (NKJV)
and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

Proverbs 24:33-34

Proverbs 24:33-34 (NKJV)
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;

Ephesians 2:1-6, Ephesians 2:8-10, Ephesians 2:12-15, Ephesians 2:17-22

Ephesians 2:1-6 (NASB)
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:8-10 (NASB)
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Ephesians 2:12-15 (NASB)
remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 2:17-22 (NASB)
And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

Proverbs 18:1-5

Proverbs 18:1-5 (NKJV)
A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment.