1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ¹  the king, for they realized ²  that he possessed supernatural wisdom ³  to make judicial decisions.

Proverbs 14:8

14:8 The wisdom of the shrewd person ⁴  is to discern ⁵  his way,

but the folly of fools is deception. ⁶ 

James 3:13

True Wisdom

3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. ⁷ 

James 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ⁸  full of mercy and good fruit, ⁹  impartial, and not hypocritical. ¹⁰ 

[3:28]  ¹ tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

[3:28]  ² tn Heb “saw.”

[3:28]  ³ tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Or “the prudent [person]” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV).

[14:8]  ⁵ tn The Hiphil infinitive construct denotes purpose. Those who are shrewd will use it to give careful consideration to all their ways.

[14:8]  ⁶ tn The word means “deception,” but some suggest “self-deception” here (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 466; and D. W. Thomas, “Textual and Philological Notes on Some Passages in the Book of Proverbs,” VTSup 3 [1955]: 286); cf. NLT “fools deceive themselves.” The parallelism would favor this, but there is little support for it. The word usually means “craft practiced on others.” If the line is saying the fool is deceitful, there is only a loose antithesis between the cola.

[3:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “works in the gentleness of wisdom.”

[3:17]  ⁸ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “sincere.”