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 insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey the law of the Lord your God.

Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations."

Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours."

Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

indeed, if you call out for discernment -- raise your voice for understanding --

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

To judge

When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions.

For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions!

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.

I can do nothing on my own initiative. 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

Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"

Then Moses said to the Lord, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."

I answered, "Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young."

"I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am -- I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

General references

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"

But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

"But wisdom -- where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel.

The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.