1Ki 3:6-9, 28, Zec 11:15-17, 2Cor 3:5-6, 2Ti 2:15, Jam 1:5 | ESV | STEP | And Solomon said , You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father , because he walked before you in faithfulness , in righteousness , and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day .

1 Kings 3:6-9

6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because ^ahe walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and ^bhave given him a son to sit on his throne this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, ^cyou have made your servant king in place of David my father, ^dalthough I am but a little child. I do not know ^ehow to go out or come in. 8 ^fAnd your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, ^gtoo many to be numbered or counted for multitude. 9 ^hGive your servant therefore an understanding mind ⁱto govern your people, that I may ^jdiscern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

1 Kings 3:28

28 And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that ^kthe wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

Zechariah 11:15-17

15 Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of ^la foolish shepherd. 16 For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd ^mwho does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but ⁿdevours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.

17 ^o“Woe to my worthless shepherd,
^pwho deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and ^qhis right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”

2 Corinthians 3:5-6

5 ^rNot that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but ^sour sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us sufficient to be ^tministers of ^ua new covenant, not of ^vthe letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but ^wthe Spirit gives life.

2 Timothy 2:15

15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, ^{▼▼That is, one approved after being tested} a worker ^ywho has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

James 1:5

5 ^zIf any of you lacks wisdom, ^aalet him ask God, ^abwho gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.