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 grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God.

Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision."

Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?"

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.

yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

To judge

And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.

But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Who is able

But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

But Moses said to the LORD, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue."

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."

"I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,

General references

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?

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

To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,

An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.