12 Bible Verses about Distinguishing

But strong meat belongeth to them of full age, to them who have their senses exercised by habit to discern both good and evil.

By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

Hereby the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil: whosoever practiseth not righteousness is not of God; neither he that loveth not his brother.

Which when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sitting down, gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

For every tree is known by its own fruit; for they do not gather figs from thorns, nor from a bramble do they gather grapes.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

But whoso keepeth his word, verily in him the love of God is perfected: hereby we know that we are in him.

Hereby ye know the spirit of God: every spirit which confesseth Jesus Christ come in the flesh, is of God.

We are of God; he that knoweth God, heareth us: he that is not of God, heareth not us: hereby know we the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.