Verse 9

Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people?

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.
  • 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 And thyne handmayde sayde: The worde of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: For my lord the king is as an angel of God, in hearing of good & bad: Therfore the Lorde thy God be with thee.
  • Ps 72:1-2 : 1 Of Solomon. O God geue vnto the kyng thy iudgementes: and thy ryghteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne. 2 Then he wyll iudge thy people accordyng vnto iustice: and thy afflicted accordyng to equitie.
  • Prov 2:3-9 : 3 For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge: 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures: 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng. 7 He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly, 8 That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse. 9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, euen those whiche by reason of vse, haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll.
  • Isa 11:2-4 : 2 The spirite of the Lorde shall rest vpon him, the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding, the spirite of counsaile and strength, the spirite of knowledge and of the feare of the Lorde, 3 And shall make hym of deepe iudgement in the feare of God: For he shall not geue sentence after the thing that shalbe brought before his eyes, neither reproue after the hearing of his eares: 4 But with righteousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he refourme the simple of the worlde, and he shall smyte the worlde with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his mouth shall he slay the vngodly.
  • John 5:30 : 30 I can of mine owne selfe do nothing: As I heare I iudge, and my iudgemet is iuste, because I seke not myne owne wyll, but the wyll of the father whiche hath sent me.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.
  • Ps 119:34 : 34 Geue me vnderstanding, & I wil kepe thy law: yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart.
  • 1 Chr 22:12 : 12 And the Lord shall geue thee wysdom and vnderstanding, and shall geue thee commaundementes for Israel, that thou mayst kepe the lawe of the Lorde thy God.
  • 2 Chr 1:10 : 10 Wherefore geue me now wysedome and knowledge, that I may be able to go in and out before this people: for who els can iudge this people that is so great?
  • Ps 119:144 : 144 The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng: make me to vnderstande them and I shall lyue.
  • 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 Not that we are sufficiet of our selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues: but our ablenesse is of God,
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation:
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 That ye maye discerne thynges that differ, that ye maye be pure, and without offence, tyll the day of Christe.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spirituall, discerneth all thynges, yet he hym selfe is iudged of no man.
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one part are we the sauour of death, vnto death: and vnto the other part are we the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe. And who is meete vnto these thynges?
  • Jer 1:6 : 6 Then sayde I: O Lorde God, I can not speake, for I am yet but young.
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 I baptize you in water vnto repentaunce: But he that shall come after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to beare, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire.
  • Matt 3:14 : 14 But Iohn forbad hym, saying. I haue nede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?
  • Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng: 14 For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof is better then golde. 15 She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her. 16 In her right hande is long life, and in her left hande riches and honour. 17 Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all her pathes are peaceable. 18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 The eare to heare, the eye to see: the Lorde hath made them both.
  • Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:
  • Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wysdome geueth more courage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie.
  • Eccl 9:15-18 : 15 And in the citie there was founde a poore man, but he was wyse, whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie, yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man. 16 Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde. 17 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles. 18 For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse.
  • 1 Chr 29:19 : 19 And geue vnto Solomon my sonne a perfect heart, to keepe thy commaundementes, thy testimonies, & thy statutes, and to do all, and builde the house, for the which I haue made prouision.
  • Ps 119:73 : 73 Iod Thy handes haue made me and fashioned me: geue me vnderstanding, and I will learne thy comaundementes.
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement which the king had iudged, and feared the king: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in him to do iustice.
  • Exod 3:11-12 : 11 And Moyses saide vnto God: what am I to go vnto Pharao, and to bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he aunswered. For I wyll be with thee: and this shalbe a token vnto thee that I haue sent thee, After that thou hast brought the people out of Egypt, ye shall serue God vpon this moutayne.
  • Exod 4:10-13 : 10 Moyses sayd vnto the Lorde: Oh my Lord, I am neither yesterday nor yer yesterday a man eloquet, neither sence thou hast spoken vnto thy seruaunt: but I am slowe mouthed, & slowe tounged. 11 And the Lorde sayd vnto hym: who hath made mans mouth? or who maketh the dumbe, or deafe, the seyng, or the blynde? Haue not I the Lorde? 12 And nowe go, and I wyll be with thy mouth, and teache thee what thou shalt say. 13 He said: oh my Lorde, sende I pray thee, by the hande of hym whom thou wylt sende.