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whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that But the correction of fools is folly.
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the child may live?’ But now he is dead; why 23
should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I The heart of the wise teaches
his mouth,
shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”
24 Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, And adds learning to his lips.
and went in to her and lay with her. So she 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Sweetness to the soul and health
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Now the LORD loved him, and He sent word to the bones.
by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he John 6:22–51
called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the 22 On the following day, when the people who
people of Ammon, and took the royal city. were standing on the other side of the sea saw
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and that there was no other boat there, except that
said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I one which His disciples had entered, and that
have taken the city’s water supply. 28 Now Jesus had not entered the boat with His disci-
therefore, gather the rest of the people ples, but His disciples had gone away alone—
together and encamp against the city and take 23 however, other boats came from Tiberias,
it, lest I take the city and it be called after my near the place where they ate bread after the
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name.” So David gathered all the people Lord had given thanks— when the people
together and went to Rabbah, fought against therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor
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it, and took it. Then he took their king’s His disciples, they also got into boats and
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crown from his head. Its weight was a talent came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. And
of gold, with precious stones. And it was set when they found Him on the other side of the
on David’s head. Also he brought out the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You
spoil of the city in great abundance. And he come here?”
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brought out the people who were in it, and put 26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most
them to work with saws and iron picks and iron assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not
axes, and made them cross over to the brick because you saw the signs, but because you
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works. So he did to all the cities of the people ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not labor
of Ammon. Then David and all the people for the food which perishes, but for the food
returned to Jerusalem. which endures to everlasting life, which the
Son of Man will give you, because God the
Psalm 65:9–13 Father has set His seal on Him.”
9 You visit the earth and water it, 28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do,
You greatly enrich it; that we may work the works of God?”
The river of God is full of water; 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is
You provide their grain, the work of God, that you believe in Him
For so You have prepared it. whom He sent.”
You water its ridges abundantly,
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You settle its furrows; will You perform then, that we may see it and
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You make it soft with showers, believe You? What work will You do? Our
You bless its growth. fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is
written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to
11 You crown the year with Your eat.’ ”
goodness, 32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly,
And Your paths drip with abundance. I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread
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They drop on the pastures of the from heaven, but My Father gives you the
wilderness, true bread from heaven. For the bread of
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And the little hills rejoice on every God is He who comes down from heaven and
side. gives life to the world.”
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this
The valleys also are covered with bread always.”
grain; 35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of
They shout for joy, they also sing. life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger,
and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
Proverbs 16:22–24
36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and
Understanding is a wellspring of life to yet do not believe. All that the Father gives
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him who has it. Me will come to Me, and the one who comes
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