Proverbs 30:7
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7 Two things I ask of you;
do not deny them to me before I die:
Luke 10:42
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42 but few things are needed—indeed only one.[a] Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”(A)
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- 10.42 Other ancient authorities read but only one thing is needed
Psalm 27:4
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4 One thing I asked of the Lord;
this I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in his temple.(A)
2 Kings 2:9
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9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may do for you before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.”
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Psalm 21:2
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2 You have given him his heart’s desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah(A)
1 Kings 3:5-9
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5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I should give you.”(A) 6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you, and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.(B) 7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, although I am only a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.(C) 8 And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted.(D) 9 Give your servant, therefore, an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, for who can govern this great people of yours?”(E)
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