2 Chronicles 1:11
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11 God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for (A)possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king,
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Proverbs 23:7
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7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[a]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his (A)heart is not with you.
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- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, (B)but the Lord looks on the heart.”
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James 3:13
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13 Who is wise and understanding among you? (A)By his good conduct let him show his works (B)in the meekness of wisdom.
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Acts 5:4
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4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but (A)to God.”
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Proverbs 14:8
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8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way,
but the folly of fools is deceiving.
1 Chronicles 29:17-18
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17 I know, my God, (A)that you test the heart and (B)have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you. 18 O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you.
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1 Chronicles 28:2
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2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. (A)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the (B)footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.
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1 Kings 8:18
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18 But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
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1 Kings 3:28
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28 And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that (A)the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
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1 Kings 3:11-13
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11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 12 behold, (A)I now do according to your word. Behold, (B)I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. 13 (C)I give you also what you have not asked, (D)both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.
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