Psalms 78:72

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Psalms 78:70–72 · Berean Standard Bible

70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

71 from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

72 So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.

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Psalms 75:2

“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

Psalms 101:1

I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

Psalms 101:2

I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

Psalms 101:3

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Psalms 101:4

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

Psalms 101:5

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

Psalms 101:6

My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

Psalms 101:7

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

Psalms 101:8

Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

2 Samuel 8:15

Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

1 Kings 9:4

And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

1 Kings 15:5

For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

Isaiah 11:3

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Acts 13:22

After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’

Acts 13:36

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

1 Kings 3:6

Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

1 Kings 3:7

And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

1 Kings 3:8

Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.

1 Kings 3:9

Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Zechariah 11:15

And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 11:16

For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

2 Corinthians 3:6

And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Timothy 2:15

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.