1 Kings 3:10
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
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1 Kings 3:10
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
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1 Kings 3:5
In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
1 Kings 3:6
And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
1 Kings 3:7
And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.
1 Kings 3:8
And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.
1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
1 Kings 3:10
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
1 Kings 3:11
And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
1 Kings 3:12
I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
1 Kings 3:13
And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
1 Kings 3:14
And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.
1 Kings 3:15
And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.
Daniel 12:3
And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
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James 1:5
But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
1 Chronicles 22:12
Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
Daniel 2:21
By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:
1 Kings 3:28
And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
Proverbs 2:6
For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
Proverbs 2:7
He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
Ephesians 1:18
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
Exodus 31:3
And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,
Deuteronomy 4:6
So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
2 Chronicles 1:10
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
Isaiah 11:3
And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
Luke 21:15
For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
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Ephesians 5:17
For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
Colossians 1:9
For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
John 7:17
If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
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2 Timothy 3:15
And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:16
Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
2 Timothy 3:17
So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
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James 3:15
This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.
James 3:16
For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
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1 Kings 3:4
And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.
1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place at Gibeon;
1 Chronicles 21:29
For the House of the Lord, which Moses had made in the waste land, and the altar of burned offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
2 Chronicles 1:3
Then Solomon, and all the men of Israel with him, went to the high place at Gibeon, because the Tent of meeting of God, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had made in the waste land, was there.
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Matthew 7:7
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
Matthew 7:8
Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
Matthew 7:9
Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
Matthew 7:10
Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?
Matthew 7:11
If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
Luke 11:13
If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
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