Job 12:11

Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

Cross-reference

Job 6:30 Parallel

Job 6:30 also uses the taste metaphor for discernment, connecting Job's claim to discern perversity with the general principle here.

Job 34:3 Parallel

Job 34:3 repeats the identical proverb about the ear testing words, directly echoing this verse.

Hebrews 5:14 uses the same 'tasting' metaphor for spiritual discernment, showing mature believers distinguish good from evil by practice.