What Does the Bible Say About Discern The Times?

Matthew 16:3 ESV / 27 helpful votes

And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 23 helpful votes

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

Romans 13:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

Daniel 2:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

Romans 12:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Luke 12:56 ESV / 12 helpful votes

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Proverbs 18:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes

An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Acts 5:1-42 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. ...

Matthew 24:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

Hosea 14:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Proverbs 14:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.

Matthew 24:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Proverbs 10:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Luke 21:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

Isaiah 8:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Psalm 119:125 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!

Psalm 119:104 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

1 Kings 3:10-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

John 7:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Proverbs 28:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.

Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Proverbs 17:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.

Proverbs 15:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

1 Kings 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

1 John 5:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Titus 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Philippians 1:9-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

1 Corinthians 14:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.

1 Corinthians 11:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.

John 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Luke 8:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.

Proverbs 28:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Proverbs 8:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.

Hebrews 12:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

Hebrews 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Galatians 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Romans 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Proverbs 16:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.

Proverbs 15:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.

Proverbs 4:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

Proverbs 3:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

My son, do not lose sight of these— keep sound wisdom and discretion,

Proverbs 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,

Deuteronomy 32:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

1 Corinthians 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

1 Corinthians 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.

Acts 8:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. ...

Matthew 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...

Genesis 8:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

60 Bible Verses about Discern The Times

Matthew 16:3 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 2:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 12:56 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 5:1-42 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 24:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 14:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 24:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 10:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 21:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 8:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:125 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:104 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 3:10-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 7:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 28:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Kings 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 5:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 1:9-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 11:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 28:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Hebrews 12:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 32:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 8:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 8:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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