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 Yahweh give to you understanding and insight that he might give you charge over Israel and the keeping of the law of Yahweh your God.

Grant to Solomon my son a heart of peace to keep your commands, your statutes, and your regulations to do everything, and to build the citadel for which I have provided."

Now, give to me wisdom and knowledge that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can judge this, your great people?"

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

For if you cry out for understanding, [if] you lift your voice for insight,

Happy [is] {the one} who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.

Getting wisdom: {how much} better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over} silver.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,

To judge

When all of Israel heard the judgment that the king had rendered, they {stood in awe} of the king, because they realized that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.

O God, give your judgments to [the] king, and your righteousness to [the] king's son.

The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance; {it benefits the living}.

Now, a poor wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his wisdom.

I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my [own] will, but the will of the one who sent me.

Who is able

But Moses said to God, "Who [am] I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the {Israelites} out from Egypt?"

And Moses said to Yahweh, "Please, Lord, I [am] not a man of words, {neither recently nor in the past nor since your speaking} to your servant, because I [am] heavy of mouth and of tongue."

Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know [how] to speak, for I [am] a youth."

I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I [am], whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

to those on the one hand an odor from death to death, [and] to those on the other hand a fragrance from life to life. And who [is] qualified for these [things]?

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as from ourselves, but our adequacy [is] from God,

General references

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

But Moses said to God, "Who [am] I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the {Israelites} out from Egypt?"

How can I bear you {by myself}, your burden and your load and your strife?

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

To know wisdom and instruction, to understand sayings of understanding,

An intelligent {mind} will acquire knowledge, and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.