Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is skillful in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a handsome person, and the LORD is with him.

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay you down on your bed, and pretend to be sick: and when your father comes to see you, say unto him, I pray you, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought from there a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to ask a thing of you for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shall you say unto her: for it shall be, when she comes in, that she shall pretend to be another woman.

And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam; why pretend yourself to be another? for I am sent to you with heavy tidings.

A fool's wrath is at once known: but a prudent man covers shame.

A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well where he is going.

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

A fool despises his father's instruction: but he that regards reproof is prudent.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

House and riches are the inheritance from fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the elder,

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

For he says, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Concerning Edom, thus says the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? has counsel perished from the prudent? has their wisdom vanished?

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall stumble in them.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes.

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in your sight.

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who should pretend themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

Who was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.