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