1 Chronicles 29:11-16

11 aYours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 bBoth riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. cIn your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 13And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

14“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 15 dFor we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are elike a shadow, and there is no abiding.
Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew hope, or prospect
16O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.

2 Chronicles 1:7-12

Solomon Prays for Wisdom

7 gIn that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” 8And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, hand have made me king in his place. 9O Lord God, ilet your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous jas the dust of the earth. 10Give me now wisdom and knowledge to kgo out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?” 11God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for lpossessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, 12wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you mriches, possessions, and honor, nsuch as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.”

Proverbs 2:6

6For othe Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Matthew 25:14-15

The Parable of the Talents

14 pFor qit will be like a man rgoing on a journey, who called his servants
Greek bondservants; also verse 19
and entrusted to them his property.
15To one he gave five ttalents,
A  talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years’ wages for a laborer
to another two, to another one, vto each according to his ability. Then he wwent away.

Luke 19:13

13Calling xten of his servants,
Greek bondservants; also verse 15
he gave them ten minas,
A  mina was about three months’ wages for a laborer
and said to them, ‘Engage in business aauntil I come.’

1 Corinthians 3:5

5What then is Apollos? What is Paul? abServants through whom you believed, acas the Lord assigned to each.

1 Corinthians 7:7

7 adI wish that all were aeas I myself am. But afeach has his own gift from God, agone of one kind and one of another.

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