Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
As an angel
To discern
Bible References
As an angel
1 Samuel 29:9
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art acceptable to me, as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
Proverbs 27:21
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
To discern
1 Kings 3:9
Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?
Job 6:30
Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned;