Hebrews 5:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ But solid food is for full-grown men, for those whose senses and mental faculties are trained by practice to discriminate and distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary either to divine or human law.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ But solid food is for the mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between good and evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ But solid food is for those who are mature, for those who, by practice, have sharpened their mind, so as to discern good from evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ But strong meat is for the perfect; for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil.

Hebrews 5:14 Cross References

Genesis 3:5

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

2 Samuel 14:17

Your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is like the angel of God, discerning good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”

1 Kings 3:11

God said to him, “Because you have asked this and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or for the life of your enemies but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,

1 Kings 3:9

Give your servant, therefore, an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, for who can govern this great people of yours?”

Job 12:11

Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

Job 34:3

for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.

Job 6:30

Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Song of Solomon 1:3

your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is perfume poured out; therefore the maidens love you.

Song of Solomon 2:3

As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Isaiah 7:15

He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

Matthew 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Romans 14:1

Welcome those who are weak in faith but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed.

Ephesians 1:18

so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,

Ephesians 4:13

until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.

Philippians 3:15

Let those of us, then, who are mature think this way, and if you think differently about anything, this, too, God will reveal to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but test everything; hold fast to what is good;

1 Timothy 4:7

Have nothing to do with profane and foolish tales. Train yourself in godliness,

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God,

James 3:2

For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.