1 Kings 10:23

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1 Kings 10:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

23 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

24 The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

25 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

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1 Kings 3:12

behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.

1 Kings 3:13

Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

1 Kings 4:29

And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kings 4:31

He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

1 Kings 4:32

Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

1 Kings 4:33

He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

1 Kings 4:34

So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

2 Chronicles 9:22

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

2 Chronicles 9:23

All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

Psalms 89:27

I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Ephesians 3:8

Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Colossians 1:18

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Colossians 1:19

For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

Colossians 2:2

that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

Colossians 2:3

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.