he (A)taught me and said to me,
(B)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    (C)keep my commandments, and live.

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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

(A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
    (B)but let your heart keep my commandments,

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50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”

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(A)keep my commandments and live;
    keep my teaching as (B)the apple of your eye;

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15 and how (A)from childhood you have been acquainted with (B)the sacred writings, (C)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, (A)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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David's Charge to Solomon

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

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And (A)these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.

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And (A)being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

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Incline your ear, and come to me;
    (A)hear, that your soul may live;
(B)and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    (C)my steadfast, sure love for (D)David.

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I am reminded of (A)your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and (B)your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

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(A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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11 I have (A)stored up your word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against you.

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11 “Now, my son, (A)the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as he has spoken concerning you. 12 (B)Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13 (C)Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. (D)Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed. 14 With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord (E)100,000 talents[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and (F)bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add. 15 You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working 16 gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! (G)The Lord be with you!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 22:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

(A)“Only take care, and (B)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. (C)Make them known to your children and your children's children—

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(A)You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and (B)you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. (C)You shall follow my rules[a] and keep my statutes and walk in them. (D)I am the Lord your God. (E)You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; (F)if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:4 Or my just decrees; also verse 5

19 For I have (A)chosen[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:19 Hebrew known

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