2Ch 9:7-8, Pro 3:13-14, 8:34, 10:21, 13:20, Luk 10:39-42, 11:28, 31 | ESV | STEP | Happy are your wives ! Happy are these your servants , who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom !

i[See ver. 38 above]

j ch. 8:35; [Acts 22:3]

k[1 Cor. 7:32-34]; See ch. 12:22

m Ps. 16:5

n[Rev. 1:3; 22:7]

o ch. 8:21; See James 1:22

p Lev. 22:31

q 1 Kgs. 10:1; 2 Chr. 9:1

r Heb. 11:7; [Jer. 3:11; Ezek. 16:51, 52; Rom. 2:27]

s[Matt. 12:6]

2 Chronicles 9:7-8

7 Happy are your wives! ^{▼▼Septuagint (compare 1 Kings 10:8); Hebrew men} Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! 8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you ^band set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! ^cBecause your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

Proverbs 3:13-14

Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom

13 ^dBlessed is the one who finds wisdom,
and the one who gets understanding,
14 ^efor the gain from her is better than gain from silver
and her profit better than ^fgold.

Proverbs 8:34

34 ^gBlessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.

Proverbs 10:21

21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for ^hlack of sense.

Proverbs 13:20

20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Luke 10:39-42

39 And she had a sister called ⁱMary, who ^jsat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are ^kanxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts few things are necessary, or only one} Mary has chosen ^mthe good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 11:28

28 But he said, ⁿ“Blessed rather are those ^owho hear the word of God and ^pkeep it!”

Luke 11:31

31 ^qThe queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and ^rcondemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, ^ssomething greater than Solomon is here.