Prudence General references
Job 34:4; Psalms 39:1; Psalms 112:5; Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 8:12; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 12:8; Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 14:8; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 14:18; Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs 16:21; Proverbs 17:2; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 19:2; Proverbs 20:5; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 21:20; Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 22:7; Proverbs 22:27; Proverbs 23:3; Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 24:27; Proverbs 25:10; Proverbs 26:5; Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 29:8; Proverbs 29:11; Ecclesiastes 7:17; Ecclesiastes 8:3; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Hosea 14:9; Amos 5:13; Matthew 5:26; Matthew 7:6; Luke 14:32; Romans 14:16; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 8:13; 1 Corinthians 10:33; Colossians 4:5; James 1:19
Diplomacy; Gentleness; Wisdom
Instances of:
- Jacob:
b in his conduct toward Esau
Genesis 32:21
b Toward his sons, after Dinah's defilement
Genesis 34:5; Genesis 34:30
- Joseph, in the affairs of Egypt
Genesis 41:57
- Jethro's advice to Moses
Exodus 18:23
- The Israelites, in the threatened war with the two and one-half tribes
Joshua 22:34
- Saul, in not slaying the Jabesh-Gileadites
1 Samuel 11:13
- David:
b in his conduct with Saul
1 Samuel 18:30
b in overthrowing Ahithophel's counsel
2 Samuel 15:37
- Abigail, in averting David's wrath
1 Samuel 25:31
- Achish, in dismissing David
1 Samuel 29:11
- Elijah, in his flight from Jezebel
1 Kings 19:4
- Rehoboam's counsellors
1 Kings 12:7
- Jehoram, in suspecting a Syrian stratagem
2 Kings 7:13
- Nehemiah, in conduct of affairs at Jerusalem
Nehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 4:23
- Daniel
Daniel 1:14
- Certain elders of Israel
Jeremiah 26:23
- Of Jesus:
b in charging those who were healed not to advertise His miracles
Matthew 9:30; Matthew 16:20; Mark 3:12; Mark 5:43; Mark 7:36; Mark 8:30; Mark 9:9
b Going to the feast secretly
John 7:10
b in walking »no more openly«
John 11:54; John 12:36
b in avoiding His enemies
Matthew 12:16; Mark 3:7; John 11:54
- Joseph, in his conduct toward Mary
Matthew 1:19
- Peter, in escaping Herod
Acts 12:17
- Paul:
b in circumcising Timothy
Acts 16:3
b in performing temple rites
Acts 21:26
b in setting the Jewish sects on each other
Acts 23:6
b Avoiding suspicion in administering the gifts of the churches
2 Corinthians 8:20
b His lack of, in his persistence in going to Jerusalem despite the warnings of the Spirit and his friends
Acts 20:25; Acts 20:38; Acts 21:14
- Paul and Barnabas, in escaping persecution
Acts 14:6
- Paul and Silas, in escaping from Berea
Acts 17:15
- The town clerk of Ephesus, in averting a riot
Acts 19:41
Diplomacy