9Give 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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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-15)We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Solomon, and the communion he had with God in it, which put a greater honour upon Solomon than all the wealth and power of his kingdom did. I. The circumstances of this visit, 1 Kgs. 3:5. 1. The place. It was in Gibeon; that was the great high place, and should have been the only one, because there the tabernacle and the brazen altar we…
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