1 Kings 3:9

Solomon Requests Wisdom From God

⁸ Your servant lives in the midst of your people that you have chosen, a great people that is too numerous to be counted. ⁹ So give your servant an understanding mind to govern your people, so I can discern between good and evil. Otherwise, how will I be able to govern this great people of yours?" ¹⁰ The LORD was pleased that Solomon had asked for this,

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James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

2 Samuel 14:17

"So your humble servant is saying, "Please, your majesty, let what the king has to say be of comfort, because just as the angel of God is, so also is your majesty the king to discern both good and evil. And may the LORD your God remain present with you.'"

Psalm 72:1-2

God, endow the king with ability to render your justice, and the king's son to render your right decisions.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

Proverbs 2:3-9

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

1 Chronicles 22:12

"Only may the LORD give you discretion and understanding as he places you in charge over Israel, so you can keep the Law of the LORD your God.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Give me wisdom now, so I may go in and out among this people, because who can rule this great people that belongs to you?

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding and I will observe your instruction. I will keep it with all of my heart.

Psalm 119:144

Your righteous decrees are eternal; give me understanding, and I will live. Qof

Proverbs 16:16

How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!

Isaiah 11:2-4

The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

Exodus 3:11-12

But Moses told God, "Who am I? How can I go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelis out of Egypt?"

Exodus 4:10-13

Then Moses told the LORD, "Please, LORD, I'm not eloquent. I never was in the past nor am I now since you spoke to your servant. In fact, I talk too slowly and I have a speech impediment."

1 Kings 3:28

When this decision that the king had handed down was announced, everybody in Israel was amazed at the king, because they all saw that God's wisdom was in him, enabling him to administer justice.

1 Chronicles 29:19

granting to my son Solomon to keep with a devoted heart your commands, your decrees, and your statutes, carrying out all of them, and that he may build the Temple for which I have made the preparations.

Psalm 119:73

Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, that I may learn your commands.

Proverbs 3:13-18

How joyful is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding,

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.

Proverbs 20:12

The ear that hears and the eye that sees the LORD surely made them both.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wise use of possessions is good; it brings benefit to the living.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom given as strength to a wise person is better than having ten powerful men in the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18

Now there was found within it a poor, but wise man. He delivered the city by his wisdom, but not one person remembered that poor man.

Jeremiah 1:6

I replied, "Ah, LORD God! Look, I don't know how to speak, because I'm only a young man."

Matthew 3:11

I am baptizing you with water as evidence of repentance, but the one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 3:14

But John tried to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"

John 5:30

I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this?

2 Corinthians 3:5

By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

Philippians 1:10

so that you may be able to choose what is best and be pure and blameless until the day when the Messiah returns,

James 3:17

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.