1 Kings 3:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ Therefore, give your servant a discerning heart to judge your people and to distinguish between what is good and what is bad, for who would be able to judge this, your great people?”

¹⁰ It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked for this. ¹¹ God said to him, “Because you have asked for this thing, and you have not asked for a long life for yourself, or that you be rich, or for the life of your enemies, but you asked for understanding to discern what is just,