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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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
Proverbs 2:2-6
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2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
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;
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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2 Samuel 5:2
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2 Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, (A)you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, (B)‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ”
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Numbers 27:17
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17 (A)who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (B)like sheep which have no shepherd.”
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Proverbs 4:7
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7 (A)Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.
Deuteronomy 31:2
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2 And he said to them: “I (A)am one hundred and twenty years old today. I can no longer (B)go out and come in. Also the Lord has said to me, (C)‘You shall not cross over this Jordan.’
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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.
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.
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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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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