<p class="poetry">When I tried to make sense of this,p> <p class="poetry">it was troubling to me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">To<n id="1" /> learn<n id="2" /> wisdom<n id="3" /> and moral instruction,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and to discern<n id="5" /> wise counsel.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">He causes everyone to stop working,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so that all people<n id="2" /> may know<n id="3" /> his work.p>

<p class="poetry">Then those living on earth will know what you are like;p> <p class="poetry">all nations will know how you deliver your people.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Listen, children,<n id="2" /> to a father&#8217;s instruction,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and pay attention so that<n id="4" /> you may gain<n id="5" /> discernment.p>

Silently the man watched her with interest to determine<n id="1" /> if the <sc>Lordsc> had made his journey successful<n id="2" /> or not.p>

You have been taught that the <sc>Lordsc> alone is God &#8211; there is no other besides him.

<p class="poetry">The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.p>

Treat my Sabbaths as holy<n id="1" /> and they will be a reminder of our relationship,<n id="2" /> and then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">The king told them, &#8220;I have had a dream,<n id="1" /> and I<n id="2" /> am anxious to understand the dream.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">For recognition of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sovereign majesty will fill the earthp> <p class="poetry">just as the waters fill up the sea.<n id="1" />p>

But to this very day the <sc>Lordsc> has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!<n id="1" />

They were left to test Israel, so the <sc>Lordsc> would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command &#8211; they understood the times and knew what Israel should do.<n id="1" />p>

Don&#8217;t you realize that the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement?<n id="1" />

So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land,<n id="1" /> God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.<n id="2" />p>

And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing<n id="1" /> and what might happen to her.p>

So Esther called for Hathach, one of the king&#8217;s eunuchs who had been placed at her service,<n id="1" /> and instructed him to find out the cause and reason for Mordecai&#8217;s behavior.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">So I decided<n id="1" /> to discern the benefit of<n id="2" /> wisdom and knowledge over<n id="3" /> foolish behavior and ideas;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">however, I concluded<n id="5" /> that even<n id="6" /> this endeavor<n id="7" /> is like<n id="8" /> trying to chase the wind!<n id="9" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">I tried<n id="1" /> to understand, examine, and comprehend<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the role of<n id="3" /> wisdom in the scheme of things,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and to understand the stupidity of wickedness<n id="5" /> and the insanity of folly.<n id="6" />p>