Solomon

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Solomon ruled the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah in the 900s BCE. He was the son of King David and is credited with authorship of large portions of the Bible's Book of Proverbs and all of Ecclesiastes. He is particularly notable for his pithy quotes.

Solomon is a prophet in Islam.

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• The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Proverbs 1:7

• A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Proverbs 10:1

• It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
  • Proverbs 25:2

• In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
  • Eccesiastes, 1:18, King James Version

• I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
  • Eccesiastes, 1:13, New American Standard Bible

• Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

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