1 Kings 3:6-9
3:6 Solomon 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.
3:7 Now, O
Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.
3:8 Your servant stands
among your chosen people;
they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.
3:9 So 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.”
1 Kings 3:28
3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected
the king, for they realized
that he possessed supernatural wisdom
to make judicial decisions.
Zechariah 11:15-17
11:15 Again the Lord said to me, “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
11:16 Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
11:17 Woe to the worthless shepherd
who abandons the flock!
May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye!
May his arm wither completely away,
and his right eye become completely blind!”
Zechariah 11:2
11:2 Howl, fir tree,
because the cedar has fallen;
the majestic trees have been destroyed.
Howl, oaks of Bashan,
because the impenetrable forest has fallen.
Colossians 3:5-6
3:5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth:
sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion,
evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
3:6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Colossians 3:2
3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,
Colossians 2:15
2:15 Disarming
the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
James 1:5
1:5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.