Thematic Bible: Wisdom and integrity essential to


Thematic Bible



It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink? Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsDrunkennessroyaltybeeralcoholism

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens; Verse ConceptsCovetingFaithfulness, To GodBeing A LeaderHatredHonestyProfitsReverence, And Social BehaviourTrustworthinessMagistratesCivil GovernmentTen PeopleFiftiesOne HundredA Thousand PeoplePerforming The TruthChoosing PeopleSkilled PeopleHating EvilCovetousnessDishonestyLeadership Qualitiesgroups

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceCivil GovernmentLeadersExamples of LeadershipDiscernmentLeadership Qualitiesfitnessexperiencewise

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good. Verse ConceptsFavouritismJudging OthersWisdom, Human ImportanceBigotryRacism


And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsDiscretionAuthority Delegated To People

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink? Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsDrunkennessroyaltybeeralcoholism

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens; Verse ConceptsCovetingFaithfulness, To GodBeing A LeaderHatredHonestyProfitsReverence, And Social BehaviourTrustworthinessMagistratesCivil GovernmentTen PeopleFiftiesOne HundredA Thousand PeoplePerforming The TruthChoosing PeopleSkilled PeopleHating EvilCovetousnessDishonestyLeadership Qualitiesgroups

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceCivil GovernmentLeadersExamples of LeadershipDiscernmentLeadership Qualitiesfitnessexperiencewise

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good. Verse ConceptsFavouritismJudging OthersWisdom, Human ImportanceBigotryRacism


And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsDiscretionAuthority Delegated To People

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink? Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsDrunkennessroyaltybeeralcoholism

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens; Verse ConceptsCovetingFaithfulness, To GodBeing A LeaderHatredHonestyProfitsReverence, And Social BehaviourTrustworthinessMagistratesCivil GovernmentTen PeopleFiftiesOne HundredA Thousand PeoplePerforming The TruthChoosing PeopleSkilled PeopleHating EvilCovetousnessDishonestyLeadership Qualitiesgroups

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceCivil GovernmentLeadersExamples of LeadershipDiscernmentLeadership Qualitiesfitnessexperiencewise

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good. Verse ConceptsFavouritismJudging OthersWisdom, Human ImportanceBigotryRacism


And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsDiscretionAuthority Delegated To People

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