2 Chronicles 9:7

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Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 33:9 : 9 He said to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.
  • 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 I have asked the LORD for one thing– this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.
  • Ps 84:10-12 : 10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked. 11 For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. 12 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, how blessed are those who trust in you!
  • Prov 3:3 : 3 Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
  • Prov 3:14 : 14 For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Luke 10:39-42 : 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her,“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 10:6-9
    4 verses
    96%

    6She said to the king,“The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!

    7I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me.

    8Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

    9May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”

  • 2 Chr 9:8
    79%

    8May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”

  • 2 Chr 9:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5She said to the king,“The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!

    6I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.

  • 1 Kgs 3:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12I grant your request, and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.

    13Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request– riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.

    14If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”

  • 1 Kgs 3:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

    9So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

    10The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.

  • 2 Chr 1:9-12
    4 verses
    73%

    9Now, LORD God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

    10Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

    11God said to Solomon,“Because you desire this, and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, and because you did not ask for long life, but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

    12you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.”

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
    72%

    7When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said,“The LORD is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

  • 2 Chr 9:23
    71%

    23All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

  • Ezra 7:27
    71%

    27Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem!

  • 2 Sam 7:29
    71%

    29Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Sovereign LORD, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!”

  • 2 Sam 7:21
    71%

    21For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

  • 1 Kgs 1:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47The king’s servants have even come to congratulate our master King David, saying,‘May your God make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ Then the king leaned on the bed

    48and said this:‘The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”

  • 2 Chr 10:7
    70%

    7They said to him,“If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:23
    70%

    23He prayed:“O LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

  • 1 Kgs 12:7
    69%

    7They said to him,“Today if you will be a servant to these people and grant their request, speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
    69%

    6Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

  • Ps 89:15
    69%

    15How blessed are the people who worship you! O LORD, they experience your favor.

  • Ps 45:9
    69%

    9Princesses are among your honored women, your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.

  • 1 Chr 17:27
    69%

    27Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O LORD, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.”

  • 2 Sam 7:25
    69%

    25So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,

  • 1 Chr 17:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

    19O LORD, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.

  • 1 Kgs 10:24
    69%

    24Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

  • Prov 25:7
    69%

    7for it is better for him to say to you,“Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

  • 2 Chr 6:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

    4He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • Ps 21:6
    69%

    6For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

  • Neh 1:10
    68%

    10They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your mighty strength and by your powerful hand.

  • Deut 4:6
    68%

    6So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say,“Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:14
    68%

    14Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
    68%

    52“May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.

  • Eccl 10:17
    68%

    17Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time– with self-control and not in drunkenness.

  • Deut 12:28
    68%

    28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    68%

    3When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 8:28
    68%

    28But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O LORD my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.

  • Ps 35:27
    68%

    27May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say,“May the LORD be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure.”

  • 1 Chr 22:11
    68%

    11“Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would.

  • 2 Chr 12:8
    68%

    8Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”