1 Kings 6

• 1. 480 years in the land without a permanent worship center. Notice that people can worship God without a building.
• 7. Imagine a construction site without noise (1 Kings 6:7)
• 11-14. God’s promises encourage us to work.
• 18. Do you like wood paneling? You would have loved this house.
• 30. Floors of gold
• 37-38. A 7-year project (1 Kings 6:37-38)

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2 Chronicles 2

• 12. King Hiram believed in God the creator (2 Chronicles 2:12)
• 2 Chronicles 3
• 1. The temple was built on Mount Moriah, in the place of Ornan’s threshingfloor
• 2. Solomon began the work in the fourth year of his reign
• 10-11. The wingspan of the cherubim statues was 10 cubits (15 feet)

2 Chronicles 4

• 1. a brazen altar
• 2. a laver
• 7. lampstands
• 8. tables

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Psalm 127

• 1. Is your labor in vain? (Psalm 127:1-2. 1 Corinthians 15:58)
• 3. Children, yes your children, are a gift-from God. (Psalm 127:3)

I Kings 5

• 1. Hiram, king of Tyre, contributed labor to Solomon’s temple-building project
• 6. His people had a reputation for being lumberjacks

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Proverbs 22

• 1. Reputation, not riches
• 3. Mis-fortune tellers
• 6. Child rearing
• 7. Are you a servant?
• 13. Lions, lions, everywhere
• 15. The rod of correction or the house of corrections
• 28. Why did my father put that here? (cp  23:10)

Proverbs 23

• 1-3. Dining with the king
• 4. Labor not to be rich.
• 7. Think and grow rich.  Does it work?
• 13-14. Child abuse or child salvation?
• 20-21. Alcoholics not so anonymous. (See also 29-35)
• 22. Aged parents
• 27. Harlots (Remember 22:14)

Proverbs 24

• 9. Sinful thoughts
• 17-18. Don’t rejoice in the downfall of your enemy
• 30-34. Laziness and poverty vs. industry and wealth

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