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"So
agive Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people
bto discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"
a
2 Chronicles 1:10, Psalms 72:1, Psalms 72:2, Proverbs 2:3-9, James 1:5
2 Chronicles 1
10
"aGive me now wisdom and knowledge, bthat I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?"
Psalms 72
1
Give the king aYour judgments, O God, And bYour righteousness to the king's son.
Psalms 72
2
May he ajudge Your people with righteousness And bYour afflicted with justice.
Proverbs 2
3
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;
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If you seek her as asilver And search for her as for bhidden treasures;
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Then you will discern the afear of the Lord And discover the knowledge of God.
6
For athe Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a ashield to those who walk in integrity,
8
Guarding the paths of justice, And He apreserves the way of His godly ones.
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Then you will discern arighteousness and justice And equity and every bgood course.
James 1
5
But if any of you alacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and bit will be given to him.
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