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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

de crees and say, "Surely this great na tion is a wise and un der -
stand ing peo ple." (Deuteronomy, 4:6)

Is this the way you re pay the Lord, O fool ish and un wise peo -
ple? Is He not... your Creator, Who made you and formed
you? (Deuteronomy, 32:6)

The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So
God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for
long life or wealth for your self, nor have asked for the death

of your en e mies but for dis cern ment in ad min is ter ing jus -
tice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and
dis cern ing heart, so that there will nev er have been any one
like you, nor will there ev er be." (1 Kings, 3:10-12)

... They saw that he [Solomon] had wis dom from God to ad -
min is ter jus tice. (1 Kings, 3:28)

God gave Solomon wis dom and very great in sight, and a
breadth of un der stand ing as meas ure less as the sand on the
sea shore. Solomon's wis dom was great er than the wis dom of
all the men of the east, and great er than all the wis dom of
Egypt. He was wis er than any oth er man... Men of all na tions
came to lis ten to Solomon's wis dom, sent by all the kings of
the world, who had heard of his wis dom. (1 Kings, 4:29-34)

... He [David] said to the Lord, "I have sinned great ly in what
I have done. Now, O Lord, I beg You, take away the guilt of
Your ser vant. I have done a very fool ish thing." (2 Samuel,

24:10)

And Hiram add ed: "Praise be to the Lord... Who made heav -
en and earth! He has giv en King David a wise son, en dowed

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