1 Kings 10:8 · KJV
“Happy {are} thy men, happy {are} these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, {and} that hear thy wisdom.”
— 1 Kings 10:8
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen {it}: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. {thy...: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to}
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings 10 — Context
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. {report: Heb. word} {acts: or, sayings}
7Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen {it}: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. {thy...: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to}
8Happy {are} thy men, happy {are} these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, {and} that hear thy wisdom.
9Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed {is} the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Luke 11:31
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon {is} here.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}
Luke 10:39-42
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
2 Chronicles 9:7-8
Happy {are} thy men, and happy {are} these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Proverbs 3:13-14
Happy {is} the man {that} findeth wisdom, and the man {that} getteth understanding. {that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}
Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}