1 Kings 8:58
8:58 May he make us submissive,
so we can follow all his instructions
and obey
the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.
1 Kings 8:1
Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple
8:1 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion).
1 Kings 1:14-18
1:14 While
you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive
and verify your report.”
1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)
1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, “What do you want?”
1:17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!
Ezra 1:1
The Decree of Cyrus
1:1 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:
Ezra 1:5
The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem
1:5 Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:27
7:27 Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!
Nehemiah 2:4
2:4 The king responded,
“What is it you are seeking?” Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven
Psalms 110:3
110:3 Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle.
On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
Psalms 119:36
119:36 Give me a desire for your rules,
rather than for wealth gained unjustly.
Psalms 141:4
141:4 Do not let me have evil desires,
or participate in sinful activities
with men who behave wickedly.
I will not eat their delicacies.
Proverbs 21:1
21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water;
he turns it wherever he wants.
John 6:45
6:45 It is written in the prophets, ‘
And they will all be taught by God.’
Everyone who hears and learns from the Father
comes to me.
John 6:65
6:65 So Jesus added,
“Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”
Ephesians 2:4-5
2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
2:5 even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –
Ephesians 2:2
2:2 in which
you formerly lived
according to this world’s present path,
according to the ruler of the kingdom
of the air, the ruler of
the spirit
that is now energizing
the sons of disobedience,
Ephesians 2:13-14
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
2:14 For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one
and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,
Titus 3:4-5
3:4 But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,
3:5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Titus 3:1
Conduct Toward Those Outside the Church
3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
Titus 1:3
1:3 But now in his own time
he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.