2182 verses about Discernment

If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?

You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.