Tact General references
Proverbs 15:1; Proverbs 25:15
In preaching
1 Corinthians 9:22; 2 Corinthians 12:6
Of Gideon
Judges 8:3
Of Saul, in managing malcontents
1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Samuel 11:15
Nabal's wife
1 Samuel 25:37
In David's popular methods:
- In mourning for Abner
2 Samuel 3:37
- In organizing the temple music
1 Chronicles 15:24
- In securing popular consent to bringing the ark to Jerusalem
1 Chronicles 13:4
Joab's trick in obtaining David's consent to the return of Absalom
2 Samuel 14:22
The wise woman of Abel
2 Samuel 20:22
Solomon, in arbitrating between the harlots
1 Kings 3:28
Mordecai, in concealing Esther's nationality
Esther 2:10
Esther, in placating the king
Esther 5
Paul:
- In circumcising Timothy
Acts 16:3
- In turning the preaching of adversaries to account
Philippians 1:22
- In stimulating benevolent giving
2 Corinthians 8:8; 2 Corinthians 9:5
- In arraying the two religious factions of the Jews against each other when he was in trouble
Acts 23:10
The town clerk of Ephesus
Acts 19:41
The church council at Jerusalem
Acts 21:25