1 Kings 10:8

New International Reader's Version

How happy your people must be! How happy your officials must be! They always get to serve you and hear the wise things you say.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:7

But I didn’t believe those things. So I came to see for myself. And now I believe it! You are twice as wise and wealthy as people say you are. The report I heard doesn’t even begin to tell the whole story about you.

1 Kings 12:6

King Rehoboam asked the elders for advice. They had served his father Solomon while he was still living. Rehoboam asked them, “What advice can you give me? How should I answer these people?”

Proverbs 10:21

The words of those who do right benefit many people. But those who are foolish die because they have no sense.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise people and become wise. A companion of foolish people suffers harm.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see someone who does good work? That person will serve kings. That person won’t serve officials of lower rank.

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed are those who listen to me. They watch every day at my doors. They wait beside my doorway.

Jeremiah 40:10

I myself will stay at Mizpah. I’ll speak for you to the officials of Babylon who come to us. But you must harvest the wine, summer fruit and olive oil. Put them in your jars. Store them up. And live in the towns you have taken over.”

Luke 11:28

He replied, “Instead, blessed are those who hear God’s word and obey it.”

Luke 11:31

The Queen of the South will stand up on judgment day with the people now living. And she will prove that they are guilty. She came from very far away to listen to Solomon’s wisdom. And now something more important than Solomon is here.