But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.