100 Bible Verses About Spiritual Discernment

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

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

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.

And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.

Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.