2 Chronicles 1:10

New English Translation

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.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:2

In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

1 Kings 3:9

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.”

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.

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 4:7

Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

Proverbs 8:15

Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness;

Numbers 27:17

who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”

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,

Deuteronomy 31:2

He said to them, “Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the Lord has said to me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan.’

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.