Hebrews 5:14

Modern English Version

But solid food belongs to those who are mature, for those who through practice have powers of discernment that are trained to distinguish good from evil.

Cross References

Genesis 3:5

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

2 Samuel 14:17

“So, your servant thought, ‘May the word of my lord the king provide rest. For like the angel of God, my lord the king discerns good from evil. May 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 the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself wisdom to discern what is right,

1 Kings 3:9

Give Your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad, for who is able to judge among so great a people?”

Job 12:11

Does not the ear test words and the mouth taste its food?

Job 34:3

For the ear tests words, as the mouth tastes food.

Job 6:30

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern pernicious things?

Psalm 119:103

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

Song of Solomon 1:3

Your delightful anointing oils are fragrant. Your name is as oil poured out; therefore the young women love you.

Song of Solomon 2:3

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my delightful one among the young men. I sat down in his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Isaiah 7:15

Curds and honey he shall eat at the time that he knows enough to refuse the evil and choose the good.

Matthew 5:48

Therefore be complete, even as your Father who is in heaven is complete.

Romans 14:1

Welcome him who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of arguing over opinions.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet we speak wisdom among those who are mature, although not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

Ephesians 1:18

that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance among the saints,

Ephesians 4:13

until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, into a complete man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Philippians 3:15

Therefore let those of us who are mature be thus minded. And if you think differently in any way, God will reveal even this to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Examine all things. Firmly hold onto what is good.

1 Timothy 4:7

But refuse profane and foolish myths. Instead, exercise in the ways of godliness.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore, leaving the elementary principles of the teaching of Christ, let us go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways. But if any man does not stumble in what he says, he is a complete man and able also to control the whole body.