Proverbs 4:3

WEB

³For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

KJV

³For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

BSB

³When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

FBV

³When I was a son with my father—a tender young boy, my mother's only child—

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1 Chronicles 22:5

⁵David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David prepared abundantly before his death.

Romans 12:16

¹⁶Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

1 Chronicles 29:1

¹David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

2 Samuel 12:24-25

²⁴David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him; ²⁵and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah,^[+] for the LORD’s sake.

Zechariah 12:10

¹⁰I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me^[+] they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn.

1 Kings 1:13-17

¹³Go in to King David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then does Adonijah reign?’ ¹⁴Behold, ^[+] while you are still talking there with the king, I will also come in after you and confirm your words.”

¹⁵Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king. ¹⁶Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”

¹⁷She said to him, “My lord, you swore by the LORD ^[+] your God ^[+] to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’

Jeremiah 10:23

²³LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

1 Chronicles 3:5

⁵and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;