ocr: Lite Advice - ProverDs 4 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men. (Prov. 4:1,14) The happy days of Solomon's reign did not last. In a pointed editorial aside, the author of 1 Kings notes that after bullding the cemple Solomon spent twice as much time and energy on the construction of his own palace (7:1). He proved unable to control his extravagant appetite in any area: wealth, power, rumance, political intrigue. He seemed obsessed with a desire to outdo anyone who had ever lived, ...