^14 (A)I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, ^(B)I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,

David's Charge to Solomon

⁹ “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.

⁶ And they were both ^(A)righteous before God, walking ^(B)blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

^19 (A)I am the Lord your God; ^(B)walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules,

¹⁷ withholds his hand from iniquity,^[a] takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, ^(A)and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father's iniquity; ^(B)he shall surely live.

^9 (A)walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; ^(B)he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.

¹³ And the Lord says: ^(A)“Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it, ¹⁴ but ^(B)have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them. ¹⁵ Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(C)Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them ^(D)poisonous water to drink. ^16 (E)I will scatter them among the nations ^(F)whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will ^(G)send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”