57 Bible Verses about Discernment

Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.

But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:

so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults .

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.

Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern justice;

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it , do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

And he changeth the times and the seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding;

To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And'so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, yea , every good path.

And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.

He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.