57 Bible Verses about Discernment

Think about what I am saying and the Lord will give you understanding of all this.

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

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

Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.

indeed, if you call out for discernment -- raise your voice for understanding --

to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours."

Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined.

Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.

The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders."

Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

God said to him, "Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

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

My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;

To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel.

Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity -- every good way.

Two or three prophets should speak and the others should evaluate what is said.

The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.' You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.

The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people."

Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people -- an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations."

I am more discerning than those older than I, for I observe your precepts.

They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.