1 Kings 3:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ So give your servant a receptive heart to judge  your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours? ’

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 14:17

Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God.  May the Lord your God be with you.’

1 Kings 10:24

The whole world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

1 Kings 3:10

Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had requested this.

1 Kings 3:28

All Israel heard about the judgement the king had given, and they stood in awe of the king because they saw that God’s wisdom  was in him to carry out justice.

1 Chronicles 22:12

Above all, may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he puts you in charge of Israel so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Give my son Solomon an undivided heart to keep and to carry out all your commands, your decrees, and your statutes,  and to build the building for which I have made provision.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people,  for who can judge this great people of yours? ’

Proverbs 14:8

The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way, but the stupidity of fools deceives them.

Proverbs 16:16

Get wisdom – how much better it is than gold! And get understanding – it is preferable to silver.

Proverbs 20:12

The hearing ear and the seeing eye – the Lord made them both.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance and an advantage to those who see the sun,

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise person stronger than ten rulers of a city.

Jeremiah 1:6

But I protested, ‘Oh no, Lord God! Look, I don’t know how to speak  since I am only a youth.’

Jeremiah 45:5

But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on all humanity’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war  wherever you go.’ ” ’

Daniel 2:21

He changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Matthew 3:11

‘I baptise you with  water for repentance,  but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove  his sandals. He himself will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 3:14

But John tried to stop him, saying, ‘I need to be baptised by you, and yet you come to me? ’

John 5:30

‘I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgement   is just,   because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To some we are an aroma of death  leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life  leading to life. Who is adequate for these things?

2 Corinthians 3:5

It is not that we are competent in  ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.

Ephesians 5:17

So don’t be foolish, but understand  what the Lord’s will  is.

Philippians 1:10

so that you may approve the things that are superior  and may be pure  and blameless  in the day of Christ,

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature #– #for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God #– #who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly #– #and it will be given to him.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretence.