1 Kings 3:9
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9 (A)Therefore give to Your servant an [a]understanding heart (B)to judge Your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
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- 1 Kings 3:9 Lit. hearing
James 1:5
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5 (A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and (C)it will be given to him.
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Hebrews 5:14
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14 But solid food belongs to those who are [a]of full age, that is, those who by reason of [b]use have their senses exercised (A)to discern both good and evil.
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- Hebrews 5:14 mature
- Hebrews 5:14 practice
John 5:30
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30 (A)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because (B)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
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Proverbs 2:3-9
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3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
4 (A)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 (B)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
6 (C)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
(D)He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
8 He guards the paths of justice,
And (E)preserves the way of His saints.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.
2 Samuel 14:17
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17 Your maidservant said, ‘The word of my lord the king will now be comforting; for (A)as the angel of God, so is my lord the king in (B)discerning good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’ ”
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Isaiah 11:2-4
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2 (A)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.
3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
4 But (B)with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall (C)strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Psalm 72:1-2
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Glory and Universality of the Messiah’s Reign
A Psalm (A)of Solomon.
72 Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
2 (B)He will judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.
1 Chronicles 22:12
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12 Only may the Lord (A)give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
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Ephesians 5:17
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17 (A)Therefore do not be unwise, but (B)understand (C)what the will of the Lord is.
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2 Corinthians 3:5
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5 (A)Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but (B)our sufficiency is from God,
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Proverbs 16:16
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16 (A)How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Psalm 119:144
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144 The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting;
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalm 119:34
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34 (A)Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
2 Chronicles 1:10
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10 (A)Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may (B)go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?”
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James 3:17
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17 But (A)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, (B)without partiality (C)and without hypocrisy.
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Jeremiah 1:6
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Ecclesiastes 9:15-18
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15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
16 Then I said:
“Wisdom is better than (A)strength.
Nevertheless (B)the poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.
17 Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard
Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war;
But (C)one sinner destroys much good.”
Proverbs 20:12
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12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made them both.
Proverbs 14:8
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8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
But the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 3:13-18
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13 (A)Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
And the man who gains understanding;
14 (B)For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver,
And her gain than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies,
And (C)all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.
16 (D)Length of days is in her right hand,
In her left hand riches and honor.
17 (E)Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
18 She is (F)a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who [a]retain her.
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- Proverbs 3:18 hold her fast
Psalm 119:73
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י YOD
73 (A)Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
Exodus 4:10-13
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10 Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but (A)I am slow of speech and [a]slow of tongue.”
11 So the Lord said to him, (B)“Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? 12 Now therefore, go, and I will be (C)with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
13 But he said, “O my Lord, (D)please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.”
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- Exodus 4:10 heavy or dull of tongue; cannot talk very well
Philippians 1:10
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10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
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2 Corinthians 2:16
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16 (A)To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And (B)who is sufficient for these things?
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