Isaiah 11:3
And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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2 Samuel 14:8And the king said to the woman: Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
1 Kings 3:9Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, thy people which is so numerous?
Job 12:11Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste?
Proverbs 2:5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.
Isaiah 33:6And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
John 2:25And because he needed not that any should give testimony of man: for he knew what was in man.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 11:2-10
Prophecy of the Messiah; The Government of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord : and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4… Read the whole commentary →