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 may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready.

Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

To judge

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.

Who is able

And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.

Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?

Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

General references

And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.