1 Kings 3:5, 7-12Psalms 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-130Romans 8:28-30Matthew 13:44-52 1 Kings 3:5, 7-125 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king in place of David my father, although
2 Corinthians 4:7-15Psalms 126:1-6Matthew 20:20-28 2 Corinthians 4:7-157 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
Jeremiah 3:14-17Jeremiah 31:10-13Matthew 13:18-23 Jeremiah 3:14-1714 Return, O faithless children, says the LORD; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. 15 “`And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge
Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13Psalms 36:6-11Matthew 13:10-17 Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-131 The word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD, I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10Psalms 71:1-6, 15, 17John 20:1-2, 11-18 Jeremiah 1:1, 4-101 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilki’ah, of the priests who were in An’athoth in the land of Benjamin, 4 Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before
Wisdom 8:9-16Psalms 67:2-5, 7-8Luke 9:1-6 Wisdom 8:9-169 Therefore I determined to take her to live with me, knowing that she would give me good counsel and encouragement in cares and grief. 10 Because of her I shall have glory among the multitudes and honor in the presence of the elders, though I am young. 11
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8Psalms 50:5-6, 8-9, 16-17, 21, 23Matthew 12:38-42 Micah 6:1-4, 6-81 Hear what the LORD says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with his
Wisdom 12:13, 16-19Psalms 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16Romans 8:26-27Matthew 13:24-43 Wisdom 12:13, 16-1913 For neither is there any god besides thee, whose care is for all men, to whom thou shouldst prove that thou hast not judged unjustly; 16 For thy strength is the source of righteousness, and thy sovereignty over all causes thee to spare all.
Micah 2:1-5Psalms 10:1-4, 7-8, 14Matthew 12:14-21 Micah 2:1-51 Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his
Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8Isaiah 38:10-12, 16Matthew 12:1-8 Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-81 In those days Hezeki’ah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order; for you shall die, you shall not