Job 6:30

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.

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,

Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’

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

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

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?”

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.”

Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”

Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

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;”

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.

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;

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.

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!

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;

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.

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.”

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

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.

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.

and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls. You shall make your count for the lamb according to what everyone can eat.

Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

The king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let’s not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.

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.’ ”

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?

Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.

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

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

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

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

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

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

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

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.”

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.

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

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. The king Nebuchadnezzar your father, yes, the king, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.

If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”

Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

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

For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious: