Quotes About Discernment

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ëI had a dream! I had a dream!í

How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”

Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ëYou must not serve the king of Babylon,í for they are prophesying to you a lie.

Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ëLook, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.í They are prophesying to you a lie.

As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”

So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them

Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!

This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ëI will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.