Hebrews 5:14

God's Word

However, solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to know the difference between good and evil.

Cross References

Genesis 3:5

“God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened. You’ll be like God, knowing good and evil.”

2 Samuel 14:17

I thought that you would reassure me. You are like God’s Messenger, who is able to distinguish right from wrong. May the Lord your God be with you!”

1 Kings 3:11

God replied, “You’ve asked for this and not for a long life, or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies. Instead, you’ve asked for understanding so that you can do what is right.

1 Kings 3:9

Give me a heart that listens so that I can judge your people and tell the difference between good and evil. After all, who can judge this great people of yours?”

Job 12:11

Doesn’t the ear distinguish sounds and the tongue taste food?

Job 34:3

The ear tests words like the tongue tastes food.

Job 6:30

Is there injustice on my tongue, or is my mouth unable to tell the difference between right and wrong?

Psalm 119:103

How sweet the taste of your promise is! It tastes sweeter than honey.

Song of Solomon 1:3

better than the fragrance of cologne. (Cologne should be named after you.) No wonder the young women love you!

Song of Solomon 2:3

Like an apple tree among the trees in the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I want to sit in his shadow. His fruit tastes sweet to me.

Isaiah 7:15

He will eat cheese and honey until he knows how to reject evil and choose good.

Matthew 5:48

That is why you must be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Romans 14:1

Welcome people who are weak in faith, but don’t get into an argument over differences of opinion.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, we do use wisdom to speak to those who are mature. It is a wisdom that doesn’t belong to this world or to the rulers of this world who are in power today and gone tomorrow.

Ephesians 1:18

Then you will have deeper insight. You will know the confidence that he calls you to have and the glorious wealth that God’s people will inherit.

Ephesians 4:13

This is to continue until all of us are united in our faith and in our knowledge about God’s Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard.

Philippians 3:15

Whoever has a mature faith should think this way. And if you think differently, God will show you how to think.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Instead, test everything. Hold on to what is good.

1 Timothy 4:7

Don’t have anything to do with godless myths that old women like to tell. Rather, train yourself to live a godly life.

Hebrews 6:1

With this in mind, we should stop going over the elementary truths about Christ and move on to topics for more mature people. We shouldn’t repeat the basics about turning away from the useless things we did and the basics about faith in God.

James 3:2

All of us make a lot of mistakes. If someone doesn’t make any mistakes when he speaks, he would be perfect. He would be able to control everything he does.