1 Kings 3:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

And God sayde vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neyther hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement,

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  • Rom 8:26 : 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we knowe not what to pray as wee ought: but the Spirit it selfe maketh request for vs with sighs, which cannot be expressed.
  • Jas 4:2-3 : 2 Ye lust, and haue not: ye enuie, and desire immoderately, and cannot obtaine: ye fight and warre, and get nothing, because ye aske not. 3 Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many say, Who will shewe vs any good? but Lorde, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 Age is a crowne of glory, when it is founde in the way of righteousnes.
  • Matt 20:21-22 : 21 And he said vnto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome. 22 And Iesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye aske. Are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of, and to be baptized with the baptisme that I shalbe baptized with? They said to him, We are able.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 92%

    10 Giue me now wisdome & knowledge, that I may go out and go in before this people: for who can iudge this thy great people?

    11 And God sayde to Salomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, treasures nor honour, nor the liues of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life, but hast asked for thee wisdome & knowledge that thou mightest iudge my people, ouer whome I haue made thee King,

    12 Wisdome and knowledge is granted vnto thee, and I will giue thee riches and treasures and honour, so that there hath not bene the like among the Kings which were before thee, neither after thee shal there be the like.

  • 1 Kgs 3:5-10
    6 verses
    88%

    5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shal giue thee.

    6 And Salomon sayd, Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercie, when hee walked before thee in trueth, and in righteonsnes, & in vprightnes of heart with thee: and thou hast kept for him this great mercie, and hast giuen him a sonne, to sit on his throne, as appeareth this day.

    7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy seruant King in steade of Dauid my father: and I am but a yong childe, and know not howe to go out and in.

    8 And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.

    9 Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?

    10 And this pleased the Lorde wel, that Salomon had desired this thing.

  • 82%

    12 Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.

    13 And I haue also giuen thee that, which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that among the Kings there shall be none like vnto thee all thy dayes.

    14 And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to keepe mine ordinances & my commandements, as thy father Dauid did walke, I will prolong thy dayes.

  • 2 Chr 1:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 The same night did God appeare vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him, Aske what I shall giue thee.

    8 And Salomon sayde vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father and hast made me to reigne in his stead.

  • 23 And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Salomon, to heare his wisedome that God had put in his heart.

  • 71%

    23 So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.

    24 And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,

  • 29 And God gaue Salomon wisdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, & a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore,

  • 21 For thy words sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.

  • 6 That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.

  • 4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 2:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

    3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:

  • 6 For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • 5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.

  • 12 Onely the Lorde giue thee wisedome and vnderstanding, and giue thee charge ouer Israel, euen to keepe the Lawe of the Lord thy God.

  • 8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on his throne as King, in the steade of the Lorde thy God: because thy God loueth Israel, to establish it for euer, therefore hath he made thee King ouer them, to execute iudgement and iustice.

  • 9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel, because the Lorde loued Israel for euer and made thee King to doe equitie and righteousnesse.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

    3 To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

  • 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him a long life for euer and euer.

  • 13 Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

  • 28 And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.

  • 4 With thy wisedome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten golde and siluer into thy treasures.

  • 19 And giue vnto Salomon my sonne a perfit heart to keepe thy commaundements, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to doe all things, and to builde the house which I haue prepared.

  • 2 Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denyed him the request of his lips. Selah.

  • 19 O Lorde, for thy seruantes sake, euen according to thine heart hast thou done all this great thing to declare all magnificence.

  • 36 Who hath put wisedome in the reines? Or who hath giuen the heart vnderstanding?

  • 7 Two things haue I required of thee: denie me them not before I die.

  • 7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

  • 16 Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

    11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

  • 8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?

  • 12 But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • 11 For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.

  • 3 Whome counsellest thou? him that hath no wisedome? thou shewest right well as the thing is.

  • 8 He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.