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Proverbs 28:5
Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully. (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 5 21
but test them all; hold on to what is good, (niv)
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1 John 4 1
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (niv)
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 14 37
If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command. (niv)
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Galatians 6:1
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 3 1
Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly— mere infants in Christ. (niv)
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2 Samuel 12 16-2 Samuel 12 23
David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought,“ While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.”David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead.“ Is the child dead?” he asked.“ Yes,” they replied,“ he is dead.”Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.His attendants asked him,“ Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”He answered,“ While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought,‘ Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” (niv)
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1 Kings 3 9-1 Kings 3 11
So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.So God said to him,“ Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, (niv)
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Psalms 25:14
The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 4 5
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God. (niv)
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2 Samuel 14 17
“ And now your servant says,‘ May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’” (niv)
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John 7:17
Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure. (niv)
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Colossians 1:9
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, (niv)
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Galatians 2:3-5
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. (niv)
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Ephesians 4:13-14
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. (niv)
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Acts 16:3
Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. (niv)
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Acts 15:1-5
Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers:“ Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.”This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad.When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said,“ The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.” (niv)
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Philippians 1:10
so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, (niv)