21 Bible Verses about Discernment, Nature Of

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Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

Philippians 1:9-10

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

2 Samuel 14:17

Then your handmaid said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.'"

Job 6:30

Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?

Isaiah 7:15

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Leviticus 10:10

and that you are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

Isaiah 11:3

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

1 Chronicles 12:32

Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.

Matthew 24:32-33

"Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near. Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Esther 1:13

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

1 Kings 3:9

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

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

1 Corinthians 12:10

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

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