1 Kings 3:9

Solomon Requests Wisdom From God

⁸ and Thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom Thou hast chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude, ⁹ and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?' ¹⁰ And the thing is good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon hath asked this thing,

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James 1:5

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

2 Samuel 14:17

and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so is my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and Jehovah thy God is with thee.'

Psalm 72:1-2

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

Hebrews 5:14

and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

Proverbs 2:3-9

For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;

2 Chronicles 1:10

now, wisdom and knowledge give to me, and I go out before this people, and I come in, for who doth judge this Thy great people?'

Psalm 119:34

Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

Psalm 119:144

The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!

Proverbs 16:16

To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

Isaiah 11:2-4

Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah.

Exodus 3:11-12

And Moses saith unto God, 'Who am I, that I go unto Pharaoh, and that I bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?'

Exodus 4:10-13

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'O, my Lord, I am not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I am slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.'

1 Kings 3:28

And all Israel hear of the judgment that the king hath judged, and fear because of the king, for they have seen that the wisdom of God is in his heart, to do judgment.

1 Chronicles 29:19

and to Solomon my son give a perfect heart, to keep Thy commands, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes, and to do the whole, even to build the palace for which I have prepared.'

Psalm 119:73

Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.

Proverbs 3:13-18

O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 20:12

A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18

and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!

Jeremiah 1:6

And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I am a youth.'

Matthew 3:11

'I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

Matthew 3:14

but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

John 5:30

'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know them, because spiritually they are discerned;

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

2 Corinthians 3:5

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God,

Ephesians 5:17

because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what is the will of the Lord,

Philippians 1:10

for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless -- to a day of Christ,

James 3:17

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --