Thematic Bible: Wisdom and integrity essential to


Thematic Bible



Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed these over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.


'And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;


Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed these over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.


'And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;


Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed these over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.


'And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;