Key verses
Jeremiah 23:23-24 - “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah
Beware the false prophets!
Ecclesiastes
7:28 really stuck out to me because apparently Solomon couldn't find one upright women among any. I think this may stem from the fact that he married all foreign women who would not have followed his religion or believed in the one true God. This makes sense because he had 300 wives and 700 concubines, thereby equaling 1000.
I read this from the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary and thought it was an interesting take, although a little bit of a stretch: one man-that is, worthy of the name, "man," "upright"; not more than one
in a thousand of my courtiers (Job 33:23; Ps 12:1). Jesus Christ alone
of men fully realizes the perfect ideal of "man." "Chiefest among ten
thousand" (So 5:10). No perfect "woman" has ever existed, not even the
Virgin Mary. Solomon, in the word "thousand," alludes to his three
hundred wives and seven hundred concubines. Among these it was not
likely that he should find the fidelity which one true wife pays to one
husband.
James
If you were thinking of hoarding wealth, James 5:1-6 should make you think again! Don't store up your treasures where moth and rust can destroy, or thieves can break in and steal.
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