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

Surely Jehovah will give to thee wisdom and understanding, and he will command thee concerning Israeli and to watch the law of Jehovah thy God.

And to Solomon my son wilt thou give a whole heart to watch thy commands, thy testimonies, and thy laws, and to do the whole, and to build the fortress which I prepared.

Now wilt thou give to me wisdom and knowledge, and I shall go out before this people, and come in: for who shall judge this thy great people?

Cause me to understand and I will guard thy instructions; and I will watch it with all the heart.

For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding

Happy the man finding wisdom; and the man shall bring forth understanding.

The obtaining of wisdom how good above gold and the obtaining of understanding to be chosen above silver.

If any of you is forsaken of wisdom, let him ask of God, giving to all plainly, blaming not; and it shall be given him.

And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.

To judge

And all Israel will hear the judgment which the king judged, and they will be afraid of the face of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of Jehovah was in the midst of him to do judgment

To Solomon. O God, thou wilt give thy judgments to the king, and thy justice to the king's son.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: and the folly of the foolish is deceit

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and a remainder to those seeing the sun.

And a poor wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his wisdom; and not a man remembered that poor man.

I can do nothing of myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; for I seek not my will, but the will of the Father having sent me.

Who is able

And Moses will say to God, Who am I that I shall go to Pharaoh, and that I shall bring forth the sons of Israel, out of Egypt?

And Moses will say to Jehovah, With leave my Lord, not a man of words, also from yesterday, also from the third day, also from the time of thy speaking to thy servant; for I being heavy of mouth, and heavy of tongue.

And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, behold I knew not to speak: for I a boy.

I truly immerse you in water to repentance; but he coming after me is stronger than I, whose shoes I am not fit to lift up; he shall immerse in the Holy Spirit, and fire

Truly to those an odor of death into death; and to those an odor of life into life. And who sufficient for these things?

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency of God;

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And I will make thee into a great nation, and I will bless thee, and I will make thy name great; and thou shalt be blessed.

And Moses will say to God, Who am I that I shall go to Pharaoh, and that I shall bring forth the sons of Israel, out of Egypt?

How shall I bear alone your burden and your lifting up and your strife

And from whence shall wisdom be found? and where this place of understanding?

To know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

The heart of him understanding will obtain knowledge and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.