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1 Kings 10:8
1 Kings 10:8 is verse 8 of 1 Kings chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate your wives
King James Version
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
World English Bible
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
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1 Kings 10:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
7 But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
8 How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
10 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Chronicles 9:7How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
2 Chronicles 9:8Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
Luke 10:40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”
Luke 10:41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.
Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Luke 11:31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.