1 Kings 3:9
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?"
Cross References
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their sensibilities to distinguish good from evil.

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

2 Samuel 14:17
Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the Angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you."

1 Kings 3:10
Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.

1 Kings 3:28
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

1 Kings 10:24
The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

1 Chronicles 22:12
Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.

2 Chronicles 1:10
Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?"

Psalm 72:1
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

Psalm 72:2
He will judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

Proverbs 2:3
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Jeremiah 45:5
But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will grant your life as plunder."

Daniel 2:21
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Give therefore

1 Chronicles 22:12
Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.

1 Chronicles 29:19
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision."

2 Chronicles 1:10
Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?"

Psalm 119:34, 73, 144
Give me understanding that I may observe Your law, and follow it with all my heart. . . .

Proverbs 2:3-9
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, . . .

Proverbs 3:13-18
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, . . .

Proverbs 16:16
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold; to gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

understanding [heb] hearing

Proverbs 20:12
Ears that hear and eyes that see--the LORD has made them both.

to judge

1 Kings 3:28
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Psalm 72:1, 2
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. . . .

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

Ecclesiastes 7:11, 19
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun. . . .

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. . . .

John 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

discern

2 Samuel 14:17
Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the Angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you."

Isaiah 11:2-4
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. . . .

1 Corinthians 2:14, 15
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. . . .

Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

Philippians 1:10
so that you can discern what is best, that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their sensibilities to distinguish good from evil.

who is able

Exodus 3:11, 12
But Moses asked God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" . . .

Exodus 4:10-13
"Please, Lord, " Moses replied, "I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue." . . .

Jeremiah 1:6
"Ah, Lord GOD, " I said, "I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!"

Matthew 3:11, 14
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. . . .

2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

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