12 Bible Verses about Distinguishing

but solid food belongs to those who are of full age, who by use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Ye may know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

So then ye may know them by their fruits.

Either say that the tree is good, and its fruit good; or say that the tree is bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers!

In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the Devil. Whoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, and he that loveth not his brother.

which, when it was full, they drew upon the beach, and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.

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

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

But whoever keepeth his word, truly in him is the love of God perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledgeth that Jesus Christ hath come in the flesh, is of God.

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

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and do his commandments.