22 Bible Verses about Discernment
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But 'solid food' is for Christians of mature faith--those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish right from wrong.
And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,
For Scripture says-'I will bring the philosophy of the philosophers to nought, and the shrewdness of the shrewd I will make of no account.'
To another the gift of preaching; to another the gift of distinguishing between true and false inspiration; to another varieties of the gift of 'tongues'; to another the power to interpret 'tongues.'
Until you are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray, too, that you may be kept pure and blameless against the Day of Christ,
But the man with spiritual insight is able to understand everything, although he himself is understood by no one.
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.
For the man who eats and drinks brings a judgment upon himself by his eating and drinking, when he does not discern the body.
Of preachers two or three should speak, and the rest should weigh well what is said.
But in the morning you say 'To-day it will be stormy, for the sky is as red as fire and threatening.' You learn to read the sky; yet you are unable to read the signs of the times!]
The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
From Thematic Bible
Discernment » Satanic
"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"
And even demons came out from many people, screaming 'You are the Son of God.' Jesus rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
Jesus cured many who were ill with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not permit them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.
Shrieking out in a loud voice: "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? For God's sake do not torment me!"
Satanic » Discernment
"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"
And even demons came out from many people, screaming 'You are the Son of God.' Jesus rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
Jesus cured many who were ill with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not permit them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.
Shrieking out in a loud voice: "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? For God's sake do not torment me!"
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Discernment
The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
But 'solid food' is for Christians of mature faith--those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish right from wrong.
Topics on Discernment
Asking For Discernment
James 1:5If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to every one without reproaches, and it will be given to him.
Discernment Of Governors
Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and show wisdom before Pharaoh, King of Egypt, who appointed him Governor of Egypt and of his whole household.
Discernment of Jesus
John 2:25And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.
Discernment, Nature Of
Philippians 1:9-10And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,
Discernment, Source Of
1 Corinthians 2:12-15And as for us, it is not the Spirit of the World that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.
Evil Spirits Discernment
Mark 1:23-24Now there was in their Synagogue at the time a man under the power of a foul spirit, who called out:
Lack Of Discernment
Luke 12:54-56And to the people Jesus said: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once 'There is a storm coming,' and come it does.
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