1st Kings
You, Lord, have placed the sun in the sky,
yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
(1 Kings 8:12, Good News Bible)
The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud.
(1 Kings 8:12)
You alone know the thoughts of the human heart.
(1 Kings 8:39, Good News Bible)
Deal with each person as he deserves.
(1 Kings 8:39, Good News Bible)
There is no one who does not sin.
(1 Kings 8:46)
My he make us obedient to him, so that we will always live as he wants us to live.
(1 Kings 8:58, Good News Bible)
All the nations of the world will know that the Lord alone is God - there is no other.
(1 Kings 8:60)
If the Lord is God, worship him.
(1 Kings 18:21)
“Go out and stand before me on top of the mountain,” the Lord said to him. Then the Lord passed by and sent a furious wind that split the hills and shattered the rocks - but the Lord was not in the wind. The wind stopped blowing, and then there was an earthquake - but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was a fire - but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the soft whisper of a voice.
(1 Kings 19:11-12)
A real soldier does his bragging after a battle, not before it.
(1 Kings 20:11)
The gods of Israel are mountain gods.
(1 Kings 20:23)