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
Achish answered and said to David, "I know well thou pleasest me, as it were an angel of God. Notwithstanding, the lords of the Philistines have said that thou shalt not go with them to battle.
Proverbs 27:21
Silver is tried in the mould, and gold in the furnace, and so is a man, when he is openly praised to his face.
Proverbs 29:5
Whoso flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feet.
To discern
1 Kings 3:9
Give therefore unto thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, and to discern between good, and bad. For who is able to judge this, thy so weighty a people?"
Job 6:30
whether there be any unrighteousness in my tongue, or vain words in my mouth.
1 Corinthians 2:14
For the natural man perceiveth not the things of the spirit of God, for they are but foolishness unto him: Neither can he perceive them, because he is spiritually examined.