1 Kings 3:9

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Summary

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Give therefore

To judge

Who is able

General references

Bible References

Give therefore

Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee commandments for Israel, and that thou keep the law of the LORD thy God.

Likewise, give unto Solomon, my son, a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.

Give me now wisdom and knowledge that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

yea, if thou criest for understanding and givest thy voice unto intelligence,

Blessed is the man that has found wisdom and who brings to light intelligence,

How much better is it to acquire wisdom than gold! and to acquire understanding is worth more than silver!

And if any of you lacks wisdom, let them ask of God (who gives abundantly to all, and without reproach), and it shall be given them.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, modest, benevolent, full of mercy and of good fruits, not judgmental, unfeigned.

To judge

And all Israel heard of that judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to judge.

Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

The wisdom of the sane is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Knowledge is good with an inheritance and is the excellency of those that see the sun.

now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no one remembered that same poor man.

I can of my own self do nothing; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me.

Who is able

Then Moses said unto God, Who am I that I should go unto Pharaoh and that I should bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt?

Then Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither up until now, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy slave; but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.

Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I do not know how to speak: for I am a child.

I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

to the one we are the savour of death unto death and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God,

General references

and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

Then Moses said unto God, Who am I that I should go unto Pharaoh and that I should bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt?

How can I myself alone bear your troubles and your burdens and your strife?

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

to know wisdom and chastening; to understand prudent words;

The heart of the man of understanding acquires wisdom, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.