2 Samuel 14:17
"Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee."
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- 1 Samuel 29:9
"And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 19:27
"And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 14:20
"To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 3:9
"Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?"
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 5:14
"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."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:5
"A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 2:14
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
Read in chapter → - Job 6:30
"Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 27:21
"As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 3:28
"And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment."
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