1 Kings 3:9
English Standard Version
9 (A)Give your servant therefore an understanding mind (B)to govern your people, that I may (C)discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
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1 Kings 3:9
New International Version
9 So give your servant a discerning(A) heart to govern your people and to distinguish(B) between right and wrong. For who is able(C) to govern this great people of yours?”
1 Kings 3:9
King James Version
9 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?
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1 Kings 3:11-12
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11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 12 behold, (A)I now do according to your word. Behold, (B)I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
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1 Kings 3:11-12
New International Version
11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked(A) for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment(B) in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked.(C) I will give you a wise(D) and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.
1 Kings 3:11-12
King James Version
11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
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Ezra 7:25
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25 “And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, (A)appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. (B)And those who do not know them, you shall teach.
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Ezra 7:25
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Ezra 7:25
King James Version
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
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