TOPICAL BIBLE
Prudence
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2 Samuel 15:34and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I am also hitherto, and now, I am also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel;2 Samuel 15:35and are there not with thee there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it hath been, the whole of the matter that thou hearest from the house of the king thou dost declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.2 Samuel 15:36Lo, there with them are their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar, and ye have sent by their hand unto me anything that ye hear.’2 Samuel 15:37And Hushai, David’s friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.1 Kings 12:7And they speak unto him, saying, ‘If, to-day, thou art servant to this people, and hast served them, and answered them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.’1 Kings 19:3And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that is Judah’s, and leaveth his young man there,1 Kings 19:4and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day’s Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, ‘Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I am not better than my fathers.’2 Kings 7:12And the king riseth by night, and saith unto his servants, ‘Let me declare, I pray you, to you that which the Aramaeans have done to us; they have known that we are famished, and they are gone out from the camp to be hidden in the field, saying, When they come out from the city, then we catch them alive, and unto the city we enter.’2 Kings 7:13And one of his servants answereth and saith, ‘Then let them take, I pray thee, five of the horses that are left, that have been left in it—lo, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it; lo, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been consumed—and we send and see.’Nehemiah 2:12and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.Nehemiah 2:13And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.Nehemiah 2:14And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,Nehemiah 2:15and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.Nehemiah 2:16And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, hitherto I have not declared it;Nehemiah 4:13And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.Nehemiah 4:14And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, ‘Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.’Nehemiah 4:15And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;Nehemiah 4:16yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads are behind all the house of Judah.Nehemiah 4:17The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, each with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.Nehemiah 4:18And the builders are each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet is beside me.Nehemiah 4:19And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, ‘The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;Nehemiah 4:20in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.’Nehemiah 4:21And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.Nehemiah 4:22Also, at that time I said to the people, ‘Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day for the work:’Nehemiah 4:23and there are none—I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who are after me—there are none of us putting off our garments, each hath his vessel of water.Job 34:3For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.Job 34:4Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what is good.Psalm 39:1To the Overseer, to Jeduthun.—A Psalm of David. I have said, ‘I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.’Psalm 112:5Good is the man—gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.Proverbs 6:1My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,Proverbs 6:2Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,Proverbs 8:12I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.Proverbs 11:13A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.Proverbs 11:15Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.Proverbs 11:29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.Proverbs 12:8According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.Proverbs 12:16The fool—in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.Proverbs 12:23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.Proverbs 13:16Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.Proverbs 14:15The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.Proverbs 14:16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.Proverbs 14:18The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned with knowledge.Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.Proverbs 15:22Without counsel is the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.Proverbs 16:20The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.Proverbs 16:21To the wise in heart is called, ‘Intelligent,’ And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.Proverbs 17:2A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.Proverbs 17:18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.Proverbs 18:15The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.Proverbs 18:16The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.Proverbs 19:2Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.Proverbs 20:5Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.Proverbs 20:16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.Proverbs 20:18Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.Proverbs 21:5The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.Proverbs 21:20A treasure to be desired, and oil, Is in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.Proverbs 21:23Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.Proverbs 22:3The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.Proverbs 22:7The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.