PRUDENCE in the Bible

-General scriptures concerning ,4; ; 112:5; ,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; ,17; 8:2,3; 10:1,10; ; ; ,26; 7:6; -32; ; ; 8:8-13; 10:23,25-33; ; -See DIPLOMACY -See GENTLENESS -See WISDOM -INSTANCES OF -Jacob, in his conduct toward Esau -21 -Jacob, toward his sons, after Dinah' s defilement ,30 -Joseph, in the affairs of Egypt -57 -Jethro' s advice to Moses -23 -The Israelites, in the threatened war with the two and one-half tribes -34 -Saul, in not killing the Jabesh-gileadites -David, in his conduct toward Saul -30 -David, in overthrowing Ahithophel' s shrewd advice -37 -Abigail, in averting David' s anger -31 -Achish, in dismissing David 1SA 29 -Elijah, in his escape from Jezebel ,4 -Rehoboam' s advisers -Jehoram, in suspecting a Syrian stratagem ,13 -Nehemiah, in conduct of affairs at Jerusalem -16; 4:13-23 -Daniel -14 -Certain elders of Israel -23 -Of Jesus -In charging those who were healed not to "advertise" his miracles ; 16:20; ; 5:43; 7:36; 8:30; 9:9 -Going to the feast secretly -In walking "no longer openly," ; 12:36 -In avoiding his enemies -16; ; -54 -Joseph, in his conduct toward Mary -Peter, in escaping from Herod Agrippa I -Paul -In circumcising Timothy -In performing temple rites -26 -In turning the Jewish sects against each other -Avoiding suspicion in administering the gifts of the congregations -His lack of, in his persistence in going to Jerusalem despite the warnings of the Spirit and his friends -25,37,38; 21:10-14 -Paul and Barnabas, in escaping persecution -Paul and Silas, in escaping from Berea -15 -The town clerk of Ephesus, in averting a riot -41 -See DIPLOMACY