1Ki 3:9, Job 12:17, Psa 2:10, 148:11, Pro 8:16 | 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?”

Job 12:17

17 He leads ^dcounselors away stripped,
and ^ejudges he makes fools.

Psalms 2:10

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.

Psalms 148:11

11 Kings of the earth and ^fall peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!

Proverbs 8:16

16 by me princes rule,
and nobles, all who govern justly. ^{▼▼Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth}