Job 12:11

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”

know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’ ”

God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;

All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

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

and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

Therefore Yahweh says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

In all things be showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, be showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?

Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.