57 Bible Verses about Discernment

Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you to understand all these things.

But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

Teach me both knowledge and appropriate discretion, because I believe in your commands.

And this is my prayer, that your love will keep on growing more and more with full knowledge and insight,

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."

"They are to teach my people how to discern what is holy in contrast to what is common, showing them how to discern between what is unclean and clean.

if, indeed, you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

to another miraculous results; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

so that you may be able to choose what is best and be pure and blameless until the day when the Messiah returns,

So give your servant an understanding mind to govern your people, so I can discern between good and evil. Otherwise, how will I be able to govern this great people of yours?"

Wisdom characterizes the speech of the discerning, but the rod is for the backs of those lacking discernment.

Who can detect his own mistake? Cleanse me from hidden sin.

The spiritual person evaluates everything but is subject to no one else's evaluation.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, yet you don't know how to interpret the present time?"

Choose for yourselves wise and discerning men, known to your tribes, and appoint them as your leaders.

When you return, you will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, and between the one who serves God and the one who does not."

so God told him:

The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.

For this reason, since the day we heard about this, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of God's will with respect to all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

God gave Solomon wisdom and great discernment. His insights were as numerous as sand on the seashore.

But if we judged ourselves correctly, we would not be judged.

My son, do not let wisdom leave your sight. Carefully observe sound judgment and discernment,

They are a nation devoid of purpose and without insight.

A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding than a hundred lashes to a fool.

It is God who alters the times and seasons, and he removes kings and promotes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

These proverbs are for gaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;

Just as the fool considers wickedness his joy, so is wisdom to the discerning man.

Discretion will protect you; understanding will watch over you,

Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.

because whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

The wise-hearted person is told to be discerning, and that pleasant speech promotes instruction.

Since I am your servant, give me understanding, so I will know your decrees.

Then you will understand what is right, just, and upright every good path.

Two or three prophets should speak, and others should weigh carefully what is said.

Whoever controls what he says is knowledgeable; anyone who has a calm spirit is a man of understanding.

Red sky in the morning, cloudy and storming.'

Don't exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to stop.

The rich man may be wise in his own opinion; but a discerning, poor man sees through him.

A person with understanding has wisdom as his objective, but a fool looks only to earthly goals.

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things. Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right: the righteous follow his example, but the rebellious stumble in them.

A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.

He keeps reliable advisors from speaking, and removes discernment from elders.

Let the wise listen and increase their learning; let the person of understanding receive guidance

The mind of a discerning person gains knowledge, while the ears of wise people seek out knowledge.

Observe them carefully, because this will show your wisdom and discernment in the eyes of people who'll listen to all these decrees. Then they'll say: "Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people.'

The intentions of a person's heart are deep waters, but a discerning person reveals them.

Therefore, watch out! "As for me, I will once again do amazing things with this people, wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the insights of their discerning men will stay hidden."

I have more common sense than the elders, for I observe your precepts.

They don't realize; they don't understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand.