Having A Teachable Spirit (Proverbs 15)

Proverbs 15:1-33 NKJV

[1] A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

[2] The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

[3] The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.

[4] A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit. 

[5] A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.

[6] In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, But in the revenue of the wicked is trouble. 

[7] The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, But the heart of the fool does not do so. 

[8] The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But the prayer of the upright is His delight. 

[9] The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But He loves him who follows righteousness. 

[10] Harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way, And he who hates correction will die. 

[11] Hell and Destruction are before the Lord; So how much more the hearts of the sons of men. 

[12] A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, Nor will he go to the wise.

[13] A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. 

[14] The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly. 

[15] All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast. 

[16] Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. 

[17] Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred. 

[18] A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel. 

[19] The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. 

[20] A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother. 

[21] Folly brings joy to one who has no sense, but whoever has understanding keeps a straight course. 

[22] Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. 

[23] A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! 

[24] The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead. 

[25] The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place. 

[26] The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight. 

[27] The greedy bring ruin to their households, but the one who hates bribes will live. 

[28] The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil. 

[29] The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. 

[30] Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones. 

[31] Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be at home among the wise. 

[32] Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding. 

[33] Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord, and humility comes before honor.

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Much of Proverbs 15 is about how we are to use our words and speak to others. This often takes wisdom, patience, discernment, and having a teachable spirit. When it comes to discussing controversial matters, more times than not, we think that we are the one in the right, and the one we are speaking with is in the wrong. That may be the case, but as Christians, God instructs us to be humble, and that means having a teachable spirit. Having a teachable spirit means that we are willing to learn and that we are open to the possibility that what we think we know, may be wrong. This takes wisdom, and reliance on the Holy Spirit to teach and guide us. God has also given the members of His body different gifts to teach us and to help us discern the truth. Christians should not go outside of His body to learn the truth about God or His ways because many people are deceived and do not know the truth and can lead us astray. God has provided His people with the Holy Spirit and others within His body to teach them, however there are deceived people in our churches as well, so we must be able to discern between the truth and lies. Walking in the Spirit helps tremendously in this regard. The Holy Spirit helps us to recognize when someone is twisting the truth or teaching a deception. So dependence on the Holy Spirit and on Godly wisdom as taught in Proverbs will help us to have a teachable spirit, which will help the body of Christ to walk in the truth, as well as become one in heart and mind. 

Read Proverbs 15 and write down the verses that speak about having a teachable spirit. In a second category, write down the verses that speak about being wise in how we speak. And in a third category, write down the verses that speak about having discernment in how we speak.

Psalm 74: A Maskil of Asaph

Psalm 74 was likely written by a descendant of Asaph who ministered before the ark of the covenant in King David's court. Asaph and his descendants were Levites who sang songs of thanksgiving to the Lord. 

In Psalm 74, Asaph is crying out to the Lord because Jerusalem and the temple of God had been destroyed by Babylon. The Israelites had been taken captive into Babylon. 

Asaph's cry to God demonstrates his deep concern that God had cast them off forever because of His anger against the wicked kings of Judah. Asaph pleads with God to remember His people and the covenant that He made with them.  

He describes how Babylon had damaged, desecrated, and destroyed God's temple, burning it to the ground. They destroyed all of the meeting places of God throughout Judah. 

Asaph cries that there is no sign from God; no prophets speaking for God. God is silent.

Asaph asks God how long will He be silent and allow His enemies to blaspheme His name. He asks how long will God withdraw His hand and pleads with God to destroy Babylon because He is the ancient King, working salvation throughout the earth. 

Asaph describes God's power and concern for His people and for the poor. How He has provided for them. He pleads with God to remember that, and to not forget the life of the poor and the oppressed. May they praise His name. 

He pleads with God to remember the covenant and to plead His cause with the foolish man who reproaches Him daily. Remember how the foolish man reproaches Him daily, therefore do not forget the voice of His enemies and that those who rise up against Him increases continually.

God cast Judah from His sight as Asaph mentioned, when God sent raiders from several nations against Judah to destroy it, according to His word which He had spoken by the prophets. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem and took Judah captive. 2 Kings says that God did this because Judah did not keep His commandments but sinned against Him and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. Their sins were such an abomination to God that He would not forgive them (2 Kings 17:19-20; 23:27; 24:1-4).

God answered Asaph's prayer and remembered His covenant and what Judah's enemies had done. He sent King Cyrus of Persia to conquer Babylon, release Judah from captivity, and rebuild the temple.The remnant of Israel returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the city and the temple, fulfilling prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and other prophets, that scattered Israel would return to their land.

God hears His people, and remembers those who He has a covenant with, and though He uses other people or nations to discipline and test us, He repays them for what they do to us because they are His people and He is their God. His people are His special treasure, and chosen people. He will never leave them or forsake them. 

Psalms 74:1-23 NKJV

[1] O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

[2] Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed— This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.

[3] Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations. The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.

[4] Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place; They set up their banners for signs. 

[5] They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees. 

[6] And now they break down its carved work, all at once, With axes and hammers.

[7] They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground. 

[8] They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them altogether.” They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land. 

[9] We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet; Nor is there any among us who knows how long. 

[10] O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever? 

[11] Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them. 

[12] For God is my King from of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. 

[13] You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters. 

[14] You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 

[15] You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up mighty rivers. 

[16] The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun. 

[17] You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter. 

[18] Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord, And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name. 

[19] Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast! Do not forget the life of Your poor forever. 

[20] Have respect to the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty. 

[21] Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise Your name. 

[22] Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily. 

[23] Do not forget the voice of Your enemies; The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.

2 Kings 17:20

2 Kings 17:19–20 (NKJV): 19 Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight.

2 Kings 23:27 (NKJV): 27 And the Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’ ”

2 Kings 24:1–4 (NKJV): Judah Overrun by Enemies

24 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the Lord sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the Lord this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 4 and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.

Death Meets Life at the Gate of Nain (Shorter Version)

Death Meets Life at the Gate of Nain

Luke 7:11-17 NIV

[11] Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. [12] As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. [13] When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

[14] Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” [15] The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

[16] They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” [17] This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.

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Luke 7:11-17

The scene is Jesus, being followed by a large crowd, approaching the town gate of Nain. Coming from the other direction is a large funeral procession carrying the body of a young man out of the town for burial. The two groups encounter each other at the town gate. One group represents death, and the other, Life. Death meets Life at the gate of Nain.

Jesus is Life

John 14:6 NKJV

[6] Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Life is in Jesus:

John 1:4 NIV

[4] In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

Jesus came to offer life to mankind:

John 10:10 NIV

[10] The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

God the Father granted Jesus authority over all people to give eternal life to all whom God has given Him. Eternal life is knowing God and knowing Jesus Christ:

John 17:2-3 NIV

[2] For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. [3] Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Jesus's heart went out to the mother of the dead boy in Nain. The woman not only lost her son to death, but she was also a widow who had suffered the loss of her husband to death.

Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus.

Death causes Jesus to grieve. He came to give life and to defeat death. Perhaps it was out of His grief that Jesus raised the boy and Lazarus from the dead.

Life and death are in opposition with one another. They are enemies. Death is the enemy of Life. Life is in Jesus and Jesus came to give life. Jesus defeated death at the cross. Death will be thrown into the lake of fire at the Judgement. There will be no death in the eternal Kingdom.

There is eternal life in the eternal Kingdom. The eternal Kingdom is now - God's people have been conveyed out of the kingdom of darkness and into the kingdom of Light, who is life. Those who have been given eternal life in the eternal Kingdom because they serve the giver of life and the one who conquered death, are death's enemy. We are in opposition with death, and therefore we cannot even slightly compromise with it. Life is the Light of men, and if God's people compromise with death by not supporting life, then they will not be witnesses of the Light. They will not be a lamp on a hill, or representatives of the Light of the world. They will be representatives of Death, the enemy of God. 

Of all political issues, life should be the most important issue for the Christian, and there should be no compromise. Even if the other promises that are made are important and will make life better for us, a servant of Jesus denies Himself and dies to himself for eternal life and God's honor:

John 12:24-26 NKJV

[24] Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. [25] He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. [26] If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

This is where our faithfulness to God comes into play. Are we going to be faithful to Christ and His sacrifice made to defeat death, or are we going to be faithful to Satan and stand with Christ's enemy?

Death causes Jesus to grieve. Let's grieve with Jesus over death and pray against the death of the innocent and those who are not only promoting death, but pushing for it. Let's repent of compromising on this most important issue, which we do when we vote for politicians who support death and mass genocide. We say we are pro-life, but when the political candidates we support, support abortion, we continue to support them and make abortion a secondary issue to our own well being. Abortion is a moral issue, while the others are not, making it the most important issue on the ballot for a Christian. We need to repent, deny ourselves, and follow Jesus.

Psalm 72: Of Solomon [A Messianic Psalm]

Psalms 72:1-20 NKJV

[1] Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son. [2] He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice. [3] The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness. [4] He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. [5] They shall fear You As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations. [6] He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, Like showers that water the earth. [7] In His days the righteous shall flourish, And abundance of peace, Until the moon is no more. [8] He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth. [9] Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, And His enemies will lick the dust. [10] The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts. [11] Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; All nations shall serve Him. [12] For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper. [13] He will spare the poor and needy, And will save the souls of the needy. [14] He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; And precious shall be their blood in His sight. [15] And He shall live; And the gold of Sheba will be given to Him; Prayer also will be made for Him continually, And daily He shall be praised. [16] There will be an abundance of grain in the earth, On the top of the mountains; Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon; And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. [17] His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; All nations shall call Him blessed. [18] Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! [19] And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. [20] The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

Psalm 72 is "a prayer for the king, a son of David, who rules on David's throne as God's earthly regent over his people. It may have been used at the time of the king's coronation (as were Psalm 2; 110)... They express the desire of the nation that the king's reign will, as a consequence of God's endowment of His servant, be characterized by justice and righteousness, the supreme virtues of kingship. The prayer reflects the ideal concept of the king and the glorious effects of his reign. See Jeremiah's indictment of some of the Davidic kings (Jeremiah 22) and the prophetic announcement of the Messiah's righteous rule (See Isaiah 9:7; 11:4-5; Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16; Zechariah 9:9). Later Jewish tradition saw in this Psalm a description of the Messiah, as did the early church...". (NIV Study Bible text note).

Jeremiah's indictment of some of the Davidic kings 

Jeremiah 22:1-30 NKJV

[1] Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word, [2] and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates! [3] Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. [4] For if you indeed do this thing, then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David. [5] But if you will not hear these words, I swear by Myself,” says the Lord, “that this house shall become a desolation.” ’ ” [6] For thus says the Lord to the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to Me, The head of Lebanon; Yet I surely will make you a wilderness, Cities which are not inhabited. [7] I will prepare destroyers against you, Everyone with his weapons; They shall cut down your choice cedars And cast them into the fire. [8] And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, ‘Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’ [9] Then they will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.’ ” [10] Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him; Weep bitterly for him who goes away, For he shall return no more, Nor see his native country. [11] For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went from this place: “He shall not return here anymore, [12] but he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. [13] “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor’s service without wages And gives him nothing for his work, [14] Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers, And cut out windows for it, Paneling it with cedar And painting it with vermilion.’ [15] “Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. [16] He judged the cause of the poor and needy; Then it was well. Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord. [17] “Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence.” [18] Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They shall not lament for him, Saying, ‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’ They shall not lament for him, Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’ [19] He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem. [20] “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out, And lift up your voice in Bashan; Cry from Abarim, For all your lovers are destroyed. [21] I spoke to you in your prosperity, But you said, ‘I will not hear.’ This has been your manner from your youth, That you did not obey My voice. [22] The wind shall eat up all your rulers, And your lovers shall go into captivity; Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated For all your wickedness. [23] O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you, Like the pain of a woman in labor? [24] “As I live,” says the Lord, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off; [25] and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you fear—the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of the Chaldeans. [26] So I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country where you were not born; and there you shall die. [27] But to the land to which they desire to return, there they shall not return. [28] “Is this man Coniah a despised, broken idol— A vessel in which is no pleasure? Why are they cast out, he and his descendants, And cast into a land which they do not know? [29] O earth, earth, earth, Hear the word of the Lord! [30] Thus says the Lord: ‘Write this man down as childless, A man who shall not prosper in his days; For none of his descendants shall prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling anymore in Judah.’ ”

Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, was probably king at this time, but the message was directed to all the kings of Judah who represented the Davidic dynasty. Some of Zedekiah's predecessors are also mentioned in the passage: Josiah, Jehoahaz/Shallum, Jehoiakim, and Jehoiachin/Coniah. Jeremiah's prophecy is a warning to the kings of Judah to do what is just and right, or be destroyed as a nation. Judah did not comply, and was conquered by Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem, the temple, and took the Israelites captive. The kingdom of Judah was wiped out, bringing David's dynasty to an end, until the Messiah came and took the throne and began the establishment of His eternal Kingdom. "[17] His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; All nations shall call Him blessed. [18] Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! [19] And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory." "[He]shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. [12] He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth."

Amen! Come Lord Jesus!!

Prophetic announcements of the Messiah's righteous rule 

Isaiah 9:6-7 NKJV

[6] For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. [7] Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 11:1-12 NKJV

[1] There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. [2] The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. [3] His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; [4] But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. [5] Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. [6] “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. [7] The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. [8] The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. [9] They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea. [10] “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious.” [11] It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. [12] He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.

Jeremiah 23:1-6 NKJV

[1] “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord. [2] Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord. [3] “But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. [4] I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord. [5] “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. [6] In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Jeremiah 33:14-16 NKJV

[14] ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah: [15] ‘In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness; He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. [16] In those days Judah will be saved, And Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.’

Zechariah 9:9 NKJV

[9] “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.