Ngamazwi othando anjengakababa, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli wasendulo ehlakaniphile, uSolomoni, ithi: “Ndodana yami, uma wamukela amazwi ami, uzibekelele imiyalo yami, ukuze ubeke indlebe yakho ekuhlakanipheni, uthobisele ekuqondeni inhliziyo yakho, yebo, uma ukhala ngengqondo, uzwakalisa izwi lakho ngokuqonda, uma ukufuna njengesiliva, ukuphenya njengamagugu afihliweyo, khona uyakuqonda ukumesaba uJehova, ufumane ukumazi uNkulunkulu.”—IzAga 2:1-5.

Ukuhlakanipha kuyikhono lokusebenzisa kahle ulwazi olunikezwa nguNkulunkulu. Futhi yeka indlela emangalisayo iBhayibheli elenza ngayo ukuhlakanipha kutholakale! Yebo, liqukethe amazwi okuhlakanipha, njengalawo alotshwe encwadini yezAga neyomShumayeli, futhi kudingeka siwanake la mazwi. EBhayibhelini futhi sithola nezibonelo eziningi ezibonisa izinzuzo zokusebenzisa izimiso zokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu nezingozi zokuzishaya indiva. (Roma 15:4; 1 Korinte 10:11) Ngokwesibonelo, cabanga ngendaba kaGehazi owayehaha, umlindi womprofethi u-Elisha. (2 AmaKhosi 5:20-27) Ayisifundisi yini ukuhlakanipha kokugwema ukuhaha? Kuthiwani ngomphumela odabukisayo wokuvakasha okwakubonakala kungenangozi kwendodakazi kaJakobe uDina iya ‘emadodakazini ezwe’ laseKhanani? (Genesise 34:1-31) Asibuboni yini ngokushesha ubuwula bokuzihlanganisa nababi?—IzAga 13:20; 1 Korinte 15:33.

Ukunaka ukuhlakanipha kuhilela ukuzuza ukuqonda (discernment). Ngokwe-Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ukuqonda ‘kungamandla noma ikhono lengqondo lokuhlukanisa into kwenye.’ Ukuqonda kokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu kuyikhono lokuhlukanisa okulungile nokungalungile bese ukhetha inkambo elungile. Singahlala kanjani ‘emgwaqweni oholela ekuphileni’ ngaphandle kokuba ‘sithobisele inhliziyo yethu’ ekuqondeni noma sibe magange ukukuzuza? (Mathewu 7:14; qhathanisa noDuteronomi 30:19, 20.) Ukutadisha nokusebenzisa iZwi likaNkulunkulu kunikeza ukuqonda.