KJV dictionary & concordance
Wise discernment, judgment, or understanding.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Psalms 112:5
Complete exact-word concordance
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
A good man sheweth fauour and lendeth: he will guide his affaires with discretion.
1611 marginal noteHeb. iudgement.
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
To giue subtiltie to the simple, to the yong man knowledge and discretion.
1611 marginal noteOr, aduisement.
discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Discretion shall preserue thee, vnderstanding shall keepe thee:
¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
¶ My sonne, let not them depart from thine eyes: keepe sound wisedome and discretion.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keepe knowledge.
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
As a iewell of golde in a swines snowt; so is a faire woman which is without discretion.
1611 marginal noteHeb. departeth from.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger: and it is his glory to passe ouer a transgression.
1611 marginal noteOr, prudence.
1611 marginal noteChap. 14.29.
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
1611 marginal noteOr, and he bindeth it in such sort as God doth teach him.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Hee hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauens by his discretion.
1611 marginal noteGen.1.6. chap.51.15
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Historical English dictionary sources
Wise choice of one from another.
