For the ear tests words, as the mouth tastes food.
Does not the ear test words and the mouth taste its food?
(nor have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing for a curse on his soul);
Behold, now I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.
“Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear unto me, you that have knowledge.
Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us know among ourselves what is good.
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern pernicious things?
But he who is spiritual judges all things. Yet he himself is not judged by anyone.
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.
