1 Kings 3:8

Which verses does 1 Kings 3:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Genesis 15:56 votes

   And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

2. Genesis 13:164 votes

   I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

3. Genesis 22:174 votes

   I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

4. 1 Chronicles 21:24 votes

   So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

5. Exodus 19:5–63 votes

   Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

6. Deuteronomy 7:6–83 votes

   For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. …

7. 1 Samuel 12:223 votes

   Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

8. 1 Chronicles 21:5–63 votes

   And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah. But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

9. 1 Chronicles 27:23–243 votes

   David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky. Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

10. Psalm 78:713 votes

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

Which verses point to 1 Kings 3:8?

The 10 strongest of 29.

• James 1:5 41
• 1 Chronicles 4:10 15
• Genesis 12:2 8
• Ecclesiastes 12:1 8
• Daniel 2:21 8
• Jeremiah 1:6 7
• Luke 18:41 7
• 1 Kings 4:20 5
• 2 Chronicles 1:7 5
• Proverbs 30:7 5