Hebrews 5:14
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14 Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.
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1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. 15 Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others.
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- 2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
1 Corinthians 2:6
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6 Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten.
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Ephesians 4:13
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13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21
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21 but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good.
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Ephesians 1:18
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18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.[a]
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- 1:18 Or called, and the rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his holy people.
Isaiah 7:15
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15 By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt[a] and honey.
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Philippians 1:9-10
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9 I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. 10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.
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Philippians 3:15
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15 Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.
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Romans 14:1
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The Danger of Criticism
14 Accept other believers who are weak in faith, and don’t argue with them about what they think is right or wrong.
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Matthew 6:22-23
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22 “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. 23 But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
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1 Kings 3:9
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9 Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
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Genesis 3:5
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5 “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”
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James 3:2
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2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.
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Matthew 5:48
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48 But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Psalm 119:103
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103 How sweet your words taste to me;
they are sweeter than honey.
Job 12:11
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11 The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
Job 6:30
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30 Do you think I am lying?
Don’t I know the difference between right and wrong?
1 Kings 3:11
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11 So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies—
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2 Samuel 14:17
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17 Yes, my lord the king will give us peace of mind again.’ I know that you are like an angel of God in discerning good from evil. May the Lord your God be with you.”
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Job 34:3
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3 Job said, ‘The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.’
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