Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIn thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Job
WisdomI will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
John
Gospels / JohnI love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Psalms
PoetryLet burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Psalms
PoetryThrough thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel
Major ProphetsNow in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahUnderstanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs
WisdomHast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Job
Wisdom / JobBenjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Judges
HistoryThen the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Psalms
PoetryGo, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Exodus
LawIf ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
John
Gospels / JohnFor they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.