Hebrews 5:14
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14 But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:14-15
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14 Those who are unspiritual[a] do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.(A) 15 Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.
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- 2.14 Or natural
1 Corinthians 2:6
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The True Wisdom of God
6 Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed.(A)
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Ephesians 4:13
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13 until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity,[a] to the measure of the full stature of Christ.(A)
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- 4.13 Gk to a mature man
1 Thessalonians 5:21
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21 but test everything; hold fast to what is good;(A)
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Ephesians 1:18
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18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,
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Isaiah 7:15
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15 He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.(A)
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Philippians 1:9-10
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9 And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight(A) 10 to help you to determine what really matters, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,
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Philippians 3:15
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15 Let those of us, then, who are mature[a] think this way, and if you think differently about anything, this, too, God will reveal to you.(A)
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- 3.15 Or perfect
Romans 14:1
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Do Not Judge Another
14 Welcome those who are weak in faith[a] but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.(A)
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- 14.1 Or conviction
Matthew 6:22-23
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The Eye
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,(A) 23 but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If, then, the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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1 Kings 3:9
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9 Give your servant, therefore, an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, for who can govern this great people of yours?”(A)
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Genesis 3:5
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5 for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,[a] knowing good and evil.”
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- 3.5 Or gods
James 3:2
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2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature,[a] able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.(A)
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- 3.2 Gk a mature man
Matthew 5:48
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48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)
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Psalm 119:103
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103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!(A)
Job 12:11
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11 Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?(A)
Job 6:30
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30 Is there any wrong on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern calamity?(A)
1 Kings 3:11
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11 God said to him, “Because you have asked this and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or for the life of your enemies but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,(A)
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2 Samuel 14:17
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17 Your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is like the angel of God, discerning good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”(A)
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Job 34:3
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3 for the ear tests words
as the palate tastes food.(A)
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