1 Kings 3:9

New English Translation

So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:17

So your servant said, ‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!’”

1 Kings 10:24

Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

1 Kings 3:10

The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions.

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey the law of the Lord your God.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.”

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

Psalm 119:144

Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live. ק (Qof)

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

Psalm 119:73

Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

Proverbs 20:12

The ear that hears and the eye that sees – the Lord has made them both.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives a wise person more protection than ten rulers in a city.

Jeremiah 1:6

I answered, “Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young.”

Jeremiah 45:5

Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go.”’”

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am – I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 3:14

But John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

John 5:30

I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

Ephesians 5:17

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.

Philippians 1:10

so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

James 1:5

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.