And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "As by thee we enjoy much peace, and glorious things are done to this nation by thy prudent administration,

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

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave,

that they may instruct the young women to be temperate, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be prudent,

Whoever therefore heareth these words of mine, and performeth them, I will compare him to a prudent man, who built his house on a rock:

Behold I send you forth as sheep into the midst of wolves: be ye therefore prudent as serpents, and innocent as doves.

Who then is the faithful and prudent servant, whom his lord hath set over his family to give them food in due season?