1 Kings 4:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • 1 Kgs 3:12 : 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.
  • 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.
  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24 : 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,
  • 2 Chr 1:10-12 : 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.
  • Ps 119:34 : 34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
  • Eccl 1:16 : 16 I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
  • Isa 60:5 : 5 Then thou shalt see and shine: thine heart shall be astonied and enlarged, because the multitude of the sea shalbe conuerted vnto thee, and the riches of the Gentiles shall come vnto thee.
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 As the army of heauen can not be nombred, neither the sand of the sea measured: so wil I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruant, and the Leuites, that minister vnto me.
  • Hab 1:9 : 9 They come all to spoyle: before their faces shalbe an Eastwinde, and they shall gather the captiuitie, as the sand.
  • Jas 1:5 : 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.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisedome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easie to be intreated, full of mercie & good fruites, without iudging, and without hipocrisie.
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 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.
  • Gen 41:49 : 49 So Ioseph gathered wheate, like vnto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number.
  • Judg 7:12 : 12 And the Midianites, and the Amalekites and all they of the East, lay in the valley like grashoppers in multitude, and their camels were without nomber, as the sande which is by the sea side for multitude.

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  • 1 Kgs 4:30-31
    2 verses
    82%

    30And Salomons wisdome excelled the wisedome of all the children of the East and all the wisedome of Egypt.

    31For he was wiser then any man: yea, then were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman, then Chalcol, then Darda the sonnes of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • 1 Kgs 4:33-34
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    75%

    33And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, euen vnto the hyssope that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of foules, and of creeping thinges, and of fishes.

    34And there came of all people to heare the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisedome.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    75%

    22So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

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

  • 2 Chr 1:7-13
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    75%

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

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

    9Nowe therefore, O Lorde God, let thy promes vnto Dauid my father be true: for thou hast made mee King ouer a great people, like to the dust of the earth.

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

    11And 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,

    12Wisdome 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.

    13Then Salomon came from the hie place, that was at Gibeon, to Ierusalem from before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and reigned ouer Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 3:9-13
    5 verses
    74%

    9Giue 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?

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

    11And 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,

    12Beholde, 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.

    13And 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.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
    72%

    25And the Lord magnified Salomon in dignitie, in the sight of all Israel, and gaue him so glorious a kingdome, as no King had before him in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 4:20-23
    4 verses
    70%

    20Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.

    21And Salomon reigned ouer all kingdomes, from the Riuer vnto the lande of the Philistims, and vnto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents, & serued Salomon all the dayes of his life.

    22And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale:

    23Ten fat oxen, and twentie oxen of the pastures, and an hundreth sheepe, beside hartes, and buckes, and bugles, and fat foule.

  • 1 Kgs 10:3-4
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    70%

    3And Salomon declared vnto her all her questions: nothing was hid from the King, which he expounded not vnto her.

    4Then the Queene of Sheba sawe all Salomons wisedome, and the house that he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
    70%

    7And when Hiram heard the wordes of Salomon, he reioyced greatly, and sayde, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath giuen vnto Dauid a wise sonne ouer this mightie people.

  • 2 Chr 1:1
    70%

    1Then Salomon the sonne of Dauid was confirmed in his kingdome: and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him highly.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    69%

    6And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 5:12
    69%

    12And the Lord gaue Salomon wisedome as he promised him; there was peace betweene Hiram and Salomon, and they two made a couenant.

  • 1 Kgs 4:28
    69%

    28Barley also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    69%

    3Then the Queene of Sheba sawe the wisedome of Salomon, and the house that he had buylt,

  • 1 Chr 29:19
    68%

    19And 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.

  • Prov 2:6
    68%

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

  • Eccl 1:16
    67%

    16I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
    67%

    9Then she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much & precious stones: neither was there such sweete odours since, as the Queene of Sheba gaue vnto King Salomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:28
    67%

    28And they came to Ophir and sette from thence foure hundreth and twentie talents of gold, and brought it to King Salomon.

  • Eccl 2:9
    67%

    9And I was great, & increased aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem: also my wisedome remained with me.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    67%

    1And King Salomon was King ouer all Israel.

  • Dan 1:17
    67%

    17As for these foure children, God gaue them knowledge, & vnderstanding in al learning and wisedome: also he gaue Daniel vnderstanding of all visions and dreames.

  • 1 Kgs 4:26
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    26And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
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    12Huram sayd moreouer, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which made the heauen and the earth, and that hath giuen vnto Dauid the King a wise sonne, that hath discretion, prudence and vnderstanding to buylde an house for the Lorde, and a palace for his kingdome.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    67%

    13And King Salomo gaue vnto the Queene of Sheba, whatsoeuer she would aske, besides that, which Salomon gaue her of his kingly liberalitie: so she returned and went to her owne countrey, both shee, and her seruantes.

  • Exod 35:31
    66%

    31And hath filled him with an excellent spirit of wisdome, of vnderstanding, and of knowledge, and in all maner worke,

  • Prov 1:2
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    2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

  • Prov 4:7
    66%

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

  • 2 Chr 9:1
    66%

    1And when the Queene of Sheba heard of the fame of Salomon, she came to proue Salomon with hard questions at Ierusalem, with a very great traine, and camels that bare sweete odours and much golde, and precious stones: and when she came to Salomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
    66%

    10And she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much, and precious stones. There came no more such aboudance of sweete odours, as the Queene of Sheba gaue to King Salomon.

  • 1 Kgs 3:28
    66%

    28And 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.