Quotes about Discerning
We get something out of them only by wrestling with their "historical particularity" (as some put it) and then doing the hard work of accepting the sacred responsibility of discerning how all of that works out here and now in whatever situation we find ourselves.
- Peter Enns
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
- Job 34:3
They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
- Proverbs 8:9
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
- Proverbs 14:6
Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
- Proverbs 14:33
A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
- Proverbs 15:14
The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
- Proverbs 16:21
Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Proverbs 17:24
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:25
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
- Proverbs 28:7
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
- Daniel 2:21
There is an especial work of the Spirit of God on the minds of men, communicating spiritual wisdom, light, and understanding unto them, necessary unto their discerning and apprehending aright the mind of God in his word, and the understanding of the mysteries of heavenly truth contained therein.
- John Owen