Topics · P
Prudence
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General scriptures concerning
Job 34:3, 4; Ps 39:1; 112:5; Prov 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; Eccl 7:16, 17; 8:2, 3; 10:1, 10; Hos 14:9; Amos 5:13; Matt 5:25, 26; 7:6; Luke 14:28–32; Rom 14:16; 1 Cor 6:12; 8:8–13; 10:23, 25–33; Col 4:5; Jas 1:19
- See Diplomacy
- See Gentleness
- See Wisdom
- Instances of
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Jacob, in his conduct toward Esau
Gen 32:3–21
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Jacob, toward his sons, after Dinah’s defilement
Gen 34:5, 30
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Joseph, in the affairs of Egypt
Gen 41:33–57
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Jethro’s advice to Moses
Ex 18:17–23
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The Israelites, in the threatened war with the two and one-half tribes
Josh 22:10–34
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Saul, in not killing the Jabesh-gileadites
1 Sam 11:13
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David, in his conduct toward Saul
1 Sam 18:5–30
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David, in overthrowing Ahithophel’s shrewd advice
2 Sam 15:33–37
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Abigail, in averting David’s anger
1 Sam 25:18–31
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Achish, in dismissing David
1 Sam 29
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Elijah, in his escape from Jezebel
1 Kgs 19:3, 4
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Rehoboam’s advisers
1 Kgs 12:7
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Jehoram, in suspecting a Syrian stratagem
2 Kgs 7:12, 13
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Nehemiah, in conduct of affairs at Jerusalem
Neh 2:12–16; 4:13–23
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Daniel
Dan 1:8–14
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Certain elders of Israel
Jer 26:17–23
- Of Jesus
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In charging those who were healed not to “advertise” his miracles
Matt 9:30; 16:20; Mark 3:12; 5:43; 7:36; 8:30; 9:9
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Going to the feast secretly
John 7:10
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In walking “no longer openly,”
John 11:54; 12:36
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In avoiding his enemies
Matt 12:14–16; Mark 3:7; John 11:47–54
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Joseph, in his conduct toward Mary
Matt 1:19
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Peter, in escaping from Herod Agrippa I
Acts 12:17
- Paul
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In circumcising Timothy
Acts 16:3
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In performing temple rites
Acts 21:20–26
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In turning the Jewish sects against each other
Acts 23:6
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Avoiding suspicion in administering the gifts of the congregations
2 Cor 8:20
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His lack of, in his persistence in going to Jerusalem despite the warnings of the Spirit and his friends
Acts 20:22–25, 37, 38; 21:10–14
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Paul and Barnabas, in escaping persecution
Acts 14:6
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Paul and Silas, in escaping from Berea
Acts 17:10–15
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The town clerk of Ephesus, in averting a riot
Acts 19:29–41
- See Diplomacy
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.