17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Truth
• Wisdom

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 2:6 — Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
• 1Cor 2:6 — Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
• 1Cor 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.
• 1Cor 2:15 — But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
• 1Cor 11:29 — For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
• 1Kgs 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?
• 1Kgs 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?
• 1Kgs 3:11 — And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for
• 1Thess 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
• 1Tim 4:7 — But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
• 2Sam 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.
• Col 4:12 — Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• Eccl 1:16 — I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and
• Eccl 8:5 — Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
• Eph 1:18 — The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
• Eph 4:13 — Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
• Eph 4:13 — Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
• Gen 3:5 — For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
• Heb 12:11 — Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
• Isa 7:15 — Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
• Isa 11:3 — And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
• Jas 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
• Jer 15:19 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them retu
• Job 6:30 — Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
• Job 6:30 — Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
• Job 12:11 — Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
• Job 12:11 — Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
• Job 34:3 — For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
• Job 34:3 — For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
• Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
• Matt 5:48 — Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
• Matt 6:22 — The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
• Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
• Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
• Phil 3:15 — Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
• Phil 3:15 — Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
• Prov 1:6 — To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
• Ps 119:103 — How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
• Rom 14:1 — Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
• Song 1:3 — Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.