Verse 14

But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 2:6 : 6 But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
  • Eph 4:13 : 13 Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
  • Phil 3:15 : 15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit. 15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
  • Rom 14:1 : 1 Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
  • Gen 3:5 : 5 For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience; 10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;
  • Matt 5:48 : 48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
  • Matt 6:22-23 : 22 The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
  • 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
  • Song 2:3 : 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  • 1 Kgs 3:11 : 11 And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
  • Job 6:30 : 30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
  • Job 12:11 : 11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
  • Job 34:3 : 3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.