1 Kings 10:9
May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.
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1 Kings 10:9
May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.
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2 Chronicles 9:8
Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.
Isaiah 42:1
See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.
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1 Kings 10:1
Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.
1 Kings 10:2
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.
1 Kings 10:3
And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.
1 Kings 10:4
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,
1 Kings 10:5
And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
1 Kings 10:6
And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.
1 Kings 10:7
But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.
1 Kings 10:8
Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.
1 Kings 10:9
May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.
1 Kings 10:10
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
1 Kings 10:11
And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.
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 9:7
Happy are your wives and happy these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.
Daniel 1:20
And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.
Malachi 3:12
And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.
Matthew 12:42
The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.
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2 Chronicles 2:11
Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them.
2 Chronicles 2:12
And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.
1 Kings 5:7
And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.
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Numbers 14:8
And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
2 Samuel 15:25
And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:
2 Samuel 15:26
But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
Isaiah 62:4
You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.
Deuteronomy 7:8
But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
2 Samuel 22:20
He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
Psalms 22:8
He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
Deuteronomy 10:15
But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.
Psalms 18:19
He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
Psalms 147:10
He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Psalms 147:11
The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.
Jeremiah 32:41
And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.
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1 Kings 10:12
And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.
1 Kings 10:13
And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.
2 Chronicles 9:1
Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.
Luke 11:31
The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.
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2 Samuel 8:15
And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.
Psalms 72:1
Of Solomon. Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.
Psalms 72:2
May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.
Psalms 72:3
May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.
Psalms 72:4
May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.
Isaiah 32:1
See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,
Psalms 99:4
The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
Proverbs 8:15
Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
Isaiah 11:4
But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.
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.
Psalms 72:17
May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.
Isaiah 16:5
Then a king's seat will be based on mercy, and one will be seated on it in the tent of David for ever; judging uprightly, and quick to do righteousness.
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Isaiah 1:25
And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
Isaiah 1:26
And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.
Isaiah 1:27
Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.
Esther 4:14
If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?
Daniel 2:30
As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of any wisdom which I have more than any living man, but in order that the sense of the dream may be made clear to the king, and that you may have knowledge of the thoughts of your heart.
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Isaiah 32:2
And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
Jeremiah 23:5
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
Jeremiah 33:15
In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.
Revelation 19:11
And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.
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Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Psalms 82:3
Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
Psalms 82:4
Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.
Proverbs 31:9
Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.
Romans 13:4
For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.
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