7 Bible Verses about Discretion
Most Relevant Verses
And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.
For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.
All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
From Thematic Bible
Discretion » General references to
For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.
Discretion » Leads to tactfulness
And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?
And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!
But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;
