Diplomacy General references
1 Corinthians 9:23
Tact
Instances of:
- Of Abimelech
Genesis 21:23; Genesis 26:31
- The Gibeonites, in securing a league with the Israelites through deception
Joshua 9:16
- Of Jephthah, with the king of Moab, unsuccessful
- Of Abigail
1 Samuel 25:31
- Of Hiram, to secure the good will of David
2 Samuel 5:11
- Of Toi, to promote the friendship of David
2 Samuel 8:10
- David, in sending Hushai to Absalom's court
2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:19; 2 Samuel 17:14
- The wise woman of Abel
2 Samuel 20:22
- Absalom winning the people
2 Samuel 15:6
- Solomon, in his alliance with Hiram
1 Kings 5:12; 1 Kings 9:14; 1 Kings 9:27; 1 Kings 10:11
- By intermarriage with other nations
1 Kings 1:5
- Ambassadors from Ben-Hadad to Ahab
1 Kings 20:34
- Jehoash purchases peace from Hazael
2 Kings 12:18
- Ahaz purchases aid from the king of Assyria
2 Kings 16:9
- Rab-Shakeh, in trying to induce Jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
2 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 36:22
- Sanballat, in an attempt to prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem by Nehemiah
Nehemiah 6
- The people of Tyre and Sidon, in securing the favor of Herod
Acts 12:22
- Paul, in arraying the Pharisees and Sadducees against each other at his trial
Acts 23:10
Ecclesiastical:
- Ecclesiastical:
Acts 16:3
- Paul in performing certain temple services to placate the Jews
Acts 21:25; Galatians 6:12
Corrupt practices in the officers of Nebuchadnezzar's court to secure the destruction of Daniel
Daniel 6:15