Bible verses about Discernment
Verses about telling right from wrong and choosing the good.
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
1 Kings 3:9Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Psalms 119:66if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
Proverbs 2:3if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Proverbs 2:4then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
Proverbs 2:7to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
Proverbs 2:8Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
Proverbs 2:9My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
Proverbs 3:21The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
Proverbs 14:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
Proverbs 18:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 7:15By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Matthew 7:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:16Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
John 7:24Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
Acts 17:11Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 2:14And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Philippians 1:9so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
Philippians 1:10But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 5:14Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 John 4:1