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Want to know what the Bible says about Discernment? Here are 222 Bible verses about Discernment from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Deuteronomy 32:29 NIV
If only they were wise and would understand this
    and discern what their end will be!
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Ephesians 5:1 NIV
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
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1 Kings 3:9-10 NIV
9 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?”
10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.
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Ephesians 6:4 NIV
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 NIV
11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing
    and benefits those who see the sun.
12 Wisdom is a shelter
    as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
    Wisdom preserves those who have it.
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Ezekiel 44:23-24 NIV
23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
24 “‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals, and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.
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Genesis 41:39 NIV
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.
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Genesis 3:22 NIV
And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
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Romans 2:18 NIV
if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
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Genesis 3:6 NIV
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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