1 Kings 3:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 4 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and Beep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ So give Your servant an understanding mind and a hearing heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad. For who is able to judge and rule this Your great people? [James 1:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ 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?

Common English Bible

⁹ Please give your servant a discerning mind in order to govern your people and to distinguish good from evil, because no one is able to govern this important people of yours without your help.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Therefore, give to your servant a teachable heart, so that he may be able to judge your people, and to discern between good and evil. For who will be able to judge this people, your people, who are so many?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, thy people which is so numerous?

1 Kings 3:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:17

2 And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.

1 Kings 10:24

9 And a chariot of four horses came out of Egypt, for six hundred sides of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. And after this manner did all the kings of the Hethites, and of Syria, sell horses.

1 Kings 3:10

5 And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it was a dream: and when he was come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of peace offerings, and made a great feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 3:28

Azarias the son of Nathan, over them that were about the king: Zabud, the son of Nathan the priest, the king's friend:

1 Chronicles 22:12

7 David also charged all the princes of Israel, to help Solomon his son,

1 Chronicles 29:19

4 And all the princes, and men of power, and all the sons of king David gave their hand, and were subject to Solomon the king.

2 Chronicles 1:10

5 And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees as sycamores, which grow in the plains in great multitude.

Psalm 119:144

51 Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.

Psalm 119:34

1 Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.

Psalm 119:73

0 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.

Proverbs 14:8

5 The innocent believeth every word: the discreet man considereth his steps. No good shall come to the deceitful son: but the wise servant shall prosper in his dealings, and his way shall be made straight.

Proverbs 16:16

3 The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add grace to his lips.

Proverbs 20:12

9 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

8 It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

6 And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Jeremiah 1:6

4 And the Lord said to me: from the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 45:5

Egypt riseth up like a hood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.

Daniel 2:21

9 Thou, O king, didst begin to think in thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth mysteries shewed thee what shall come to pass.

Matthew 3:11

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.

Matthew 3:14

Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,

John 5:30

8 And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him you believe not.

2 Corinthians 2:16

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?

2 Corinthians 3:5

4 But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).

Ephesians 5:17

6 That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:

Philippians 1:10

9 For I know that this shall fall out to me unto salvation, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 5:14

But, my dearly beloved, we trust better things of you, and nearer to salvation; though we speak thus.

James 1:5

4 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

James 3:17

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.