Prudence

Job 34:3-4; Psalms 39:1; Psalms 112:5; Proverbs 6:1-2; Proverbs 8:12; Proverbs 11:13,15,29; Proverbs 12:8,16,23; Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 14:8,15-16,18; Proverbs 15:5,22; Proverbs 16:20-21; Proverbs 17:2,18; Proverbs 18:15-16; Proverbs 19:2; Proverbs 20:5,16,18; Proverbs 21:5,20,23; Proverbs 22:3,7,26-27; Proverbs 23:1-3,9; Proverbs 24:6,27; Proverbs 25:8-10; Proverbs 26:4-5; Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 29:8,11; Ecclesiastes 7:16-17; Ecclesiastes 8:2-3; Ecclesiastes 10:1,10; Hosea 14:9; Amos 5:13; Matthew 5:25-26; Matthew 7:6; Luke 14:28-32; Romans 14:16; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 8:8-13; 1 Corinthians 10:23,25-33; Colossians 4:5; James 1:19

See DIPLOMACY

See GENTLENESS

See WISDOM

• Jacob, in his conduct toward Esau

  Genesis 32:3-21

• Jacob, toward his sons, after Dinah's defilement

  Genesis 34:5,30

• Joseph, in the affairs of Egypt

  Genesis 41:33-57

• Jethro's advice to Moses

  Exodus 18:17-23

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

  Joshua 22:10-34

• Saul, in not killing the Jabesh-gileadites

  1 Samuel 11:13

• David, in his conduct toward Saul

  1 Samuel 18:5-30

• David, in overthrowing Ahithophel's shrewd advice

  2 Samuel 15:33-37

• Abigail, in averting David's anger

  1 Samuel 25:18-31

• Achish, in dismissing David

  1 Samuel 29

• Elijah, in his escape from Jezebel

  1 Kings 19:3-4

• Rehoboam's advisers

  1 Kings 12:7

• Jehoram, in suspecting a Syrian stratagem

  2 Kings 7:12-13

• Nehemiah, in conduct of affairs at Jerusalem

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

• Daniel

  Daniel 1:8-14

• Certain elders of Israel

  Jeremiah 26:17-23

• Of Jesus
  • 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

  • Going to the feast secretly

    John 7:10

  • In walking "no longer openly,"

    John 11:54; John 12:36

  • In avoiding his enemies

    Matthew 12:14-16; Mark 3:7; John 11:47-54

• Joseph, in his conduct toward Mary

  Matthew 1:19

• Peter, in escaping from Herod Agrippa I

  Acts 12:17

• Paul
  • In circumcising Timothy

    Acts 16:3

  • In performing temple rites

    Acts 21:20-26

  • In turning the Jewish sects against each other

    Acts 23:6

  • Avoiding suspicion in administering the gifts of the congregations

    2 Corinthians 8:20

  • 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; Acts 21:10-14

  • Paul and Barnabas, in escaping persecution

    Acts 14:6

  • Paul and Silas, in escaping from Berea

    Acts 17:10-15

• The town clerk of Ephesus, in averting a riot

  Acts 19:29-41

• See DIPLOMACY