Quotes about Discernment
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
- Ecclesiastes 7:18
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
- Ecclesiastes 7:21
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
- Ecclesiastes 8:1
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5
I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
- Ecclesiastes 9:13
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
- Ecclesiastes 9:17
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
- Ecclesiastes 10:2
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 2:7
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 3:5
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 8:4
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 6:9