Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Bible References

Simple

Proverbs 4:26
Make level the track of thy foot, that, all thy ways, may be directed aright:
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.
Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man, seeth calamity - he hideth himself, the simple, pass on - they suffer.
Romans 16:18
For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly, - and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.
Ephesians 4:14
That we may, no longer, be infants - billow-tossed and shifted round with every wind of teaching, - in the craft of men, in knavery suited to the artifice of error;
Ephesians 5:17
For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;
1 John 4:1
Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, many false prophets, have gone out into the world.

The prudent

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent, is to understand his way, but, the folly of dullards, is a fraud.
Amos 5:13
Therefore, the prudent man, at that time, will be dumb, - Because an evil time, it is!
Acts 13:7
Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The same, calling for Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God.