PRUDENCE

General scriptures concerning

Job 34:3,4; Ps 39:1; 112:5; Pr 6:1,2; 8:12; 11:13,15,29; 12:8,16,23; 13:16; 14:8,15,16,18; 15:5,22; 16:20,21; 17:2,18; 18:15,16; 19:2; 20:5,16,18; 21:5,20,23; 22:3,7,26,27; 23:1-3,9; 24:6,27; 25:8-10; 26:4,5; 27:12; 29:8,11; Ec 7:16,17; 8:2,3; 10:1,10; Ho 14:9; Am 5:13; Mt 5:25,26; 7:6; Lu 14:28-32; Ro 14:16; 1Co 6:12; 8:8-13; 10:23,25-33; Col 4:5; Jas 1:19

See DIPLOMACY

See GENTLENESS

See WISDOM

INSTANCES OF

Jacob, in his conduct toward Esau

Ge 32:3-21

Jacob, toward his sons, after Dinah's defilement

Ge 34:5,30

Joseph, in the affairs of Egypt

Ge 41:33-57

Jethro's advice to Moses

Ex 18:17-23

The Israelites, in the threatened war with the two and one-half tribes

Jos 22:10-34

Saul, in not killing the Jabesh-gileadites

1Sa 11:13

David, in his conduct toward Saul

1Sa 18:5-30

David, in overthrowing Ahithophel's shrewd advice

2Sa 15:33-37

Abigail, in averting David's anger

1Sa 25:18-31

Achish, in dismissing David

1Sa 29

Elijah, in his escape from Jezebel

1Ki 19:3,4

Rehoboam's advisers

1Ki 12:7

Jehoram, in suspecting a Syrian stratagem

2Ki 7:12,13

Nehemiah, in conduct of affairs at Jerusalem

Ne 2:12-16; 4:13-23

Daniel

Da 1:8-14

Certain elders of Israel

Jer 26:17-23

Of Jesus

In charging those who were healed not to "advertise" his miracles

Mt 9:30; 16:20; Mr 3:12; 5:43; 7:36; 8:30; 9:9

Going to the feast secretly

Joh 7:10

In walking "no longer openly,"

Joh 11:54; 12:36

In avoiding his enemies

Mt 12:14-16; Mr 3:7; Joh 11:47-54

Joseph, in his conduct toward Mary

Mt 1:19

Peter, in escaping from Herod Agrippa I

Ac 12:17

Paul

In circumcising Timothy

Ac 16:3

In performing temple rites

Ac 21:20-26

In turning the Jewish sects against each other

Ac 23:6

Avoiding suspicion in administering the gifts of the congregations

2Co 8:20

His lack of, in his persistence in going to Jerusalem despite the warnings of the Spirit and his friends

Ac 20:22-25,37,38; 21:10-14

Paul and Barnabas, in escaping persecution

Ac 14:6

Paul and Silas, in escaping from Berea

Ac 17:10-15

The town clerk of Ephesus, in averting a riot

Ac 19:29-41

See DIPLOMACY