2 Samuel 14:17
14:17 So your servant said, ‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the
Lord your God be with you!’”
Isaiah 11:2-4
11:2 The Lord’s spirit will rest on him –
a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom,
a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans,
a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.
11:3 He will take delight in obeying the Lord.
He will not judge by mere appearances,
or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.
11:4 He will treat the poor fairly,
and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and order the wicked to be executed.
Isaiah 11:1
An Ideal King Establishes a Kingdom of Peace
11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock,
a bud will sprout from his roots.
Colossians 2:14-15
2:14 He has destroyed
what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness
expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.
2:15 Disarming
the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Ephesians 5:17
5:17 For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise
by understanding
what the Lord’s will is.
Philippians 1:10
1:10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
Hebrews 5:14
5:14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.