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Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43
8:1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of
the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the
Israelites, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which
is Zion.
8:6
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to
its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the most holy
place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.
8:10
And when the priests came out of the holy place, a cloud filled
the house of the LORD,
8:11
so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the
cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
8:22
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence
of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to
heaven.
8:23
He said, "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you
in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and
steadfast love for your servants who walk before you with all
their heart,
8:24
the covenant that you kept for your servant my father David as
you declared to him; you promised with your mouth and have this
day fulfilled with your hand.
8:25
Therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant my
father David that which you promised him, saying, 'There shall
never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of
Israel, if only your children look to their way, to walk before
me as you have walked before me.'
8:26
Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which
you promised to your servant my father David.
8:27
"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and
the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that
I have built!
8:28
Regard your servant's prayer and his plea, O LORD my God,
heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you
today;
8:29
that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the
place of which you said, 'My name shall be there,' that you may
heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place.
8:30
Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when
they pray toward this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling
place; heed and forgive.
8:41
"Likewise when a foreigner, who is not of your people
Israel, comes from a distant land because of your name
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--for they shall hear of your great name, your mighty hand, and
your outstretched arm--when a foreigner comes and prays toward
this house,
8:43
then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and do according to all
that the foreigner calls to you, so that all the peoples of the
earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel,
and so that they may know that your name has been invoked on
this house that I have built.
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84:1
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
84:2
My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my
heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
84:3
Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for
herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of
hosts, my King and my God.
84:4
Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your
praise. Selah
84:5
Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the
highways to Zion.
84:6
As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of
springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
84:7
They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen
in Zion.
84:8
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob!
Selah
84:9
Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.
84:10
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I
would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in
the tents of wickedness.
84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and
honor. No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk
uprightly.
84:12
O LORD of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.
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6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
6:12
For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but
against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic
powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of
evil in the heavenly places.
6:13
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be
able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything,
to stand firm.
6:14
Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist,
and put on the breastplate of righteousness.
6:15
As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to
proclaim the gospel of peace.
6:16
With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will
be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
6:17
Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God.
6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and
supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in
supplication for all the saints.
6:19
Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given
to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
6:20
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare
it boldly, as I must speak.
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6:56
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in
them.
6:57
Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the
Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me.
6:58
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that
which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats
this bread will live forever."
6:59
He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at
Capernaum.
6:60
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This
teaching is difficult; who can accept it?"
6:61
But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about
it, said to them, "Does this offend you?
6:62
Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where
he was before?
6:63
It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The
words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
6:64
But among you there are some who do not believe." For Jesus
knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and
who was the one that would betray him.
6:65
And he said, "For this reason I have told you that no one
can come to me unless it is granted by the Father."
6:66
Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer
went about with him.
6:67
So Jesus asked the twelve, "Do you also wish to go
away?"
6:68
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom can we go? You
have the words of eternal life.
6:69
We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of
God."
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