1 Kings 3:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?””
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“Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 3:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 3:11But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
- Exodus 4:10“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- 2 Samuel 14:17And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
- 1 Kings 3:28When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
- 1 Kings 10:24The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
- 1 Chronicles 22:12Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:19And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
- 2 Chronicles 1:10Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- Psalms 72:1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
- Psalms 119:73Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
- Proverbs 2:3if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
- Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
- Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 20:12Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 1:6“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
- Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Matthew 3:14But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”
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