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1 Kings 3:9 (KJV)

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?

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Exodus 3:11 - And Moses said unto God, Who [am] I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Exodus 4:10 - And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
2 Samuel 14:17 - Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
1 Kings 3:28 - And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to do judgment.
1 Kings 10:24 - And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1 Chronicles 22:12 - Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
1 Chronicles 29:19 - And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all [these things], and to build the palace, [for] the which I have made provision.
2 Chronicles 1:10 - Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, [that is so] great?
Psalms 72:1 - [A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Psalms 119:34 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
Psalms 119:73 - JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Psalms 119:144 - The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Proverbs 2:3 - Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs 3:13 - Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
Proverbs 14:8 - The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
Proverbs 16:16 - How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 20:12 - The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Ecclesiastes 7:11 - Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:19 - Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 - Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Isaiah 11:2 - And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Jeremiah 1:6 - Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.
Matthew 3:11 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire:
Matthew 3:14 - But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
John 5:30 - ‹I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.›
1 Corinthians 2:14 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
2 Corinthians 2:16 - To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians 3:5 - Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God;
Ephesians 5:17 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].
Philippians 1:10 - That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
Hebrews 5:14 - But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
James 1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
James 3:17 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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