1Ki 3:9, 2Ch 2:11, Pro 10:1, 13:1, 15:20, 23:24 | ESV | STEP | Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people , that I may discern between good and evil , for who is able to govern this your great people ?

1 Kings 3:9

9 ^aGive your servant therefore an understanding mind ^bto govern your people, that I may ^cdiscern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

2 Chronicles 2:11

11 Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, ^d“Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them.”

Proverbs 10:1

The Proverbs of Solomon

1 ^eThe proverbs of Solomon.

^fA wise son makes a glad father,
^gbut a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 13:1

1 A wise son hears his father’s instruction,
but ^ha scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 15:20

20 ⁱA wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 23:24

24 ^jThe father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.