Acts 12:20

And he was displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came with one accord to him, and having persuaded Blastus who was over the king's bedchamber, desired peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.

Matthew 11:21-22

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 14:31-32

Or what king going to engage in war with another king, does not first sit down and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 16:8

And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light.

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And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

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Luke 16:8
And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light.