'Clever' in the Bible

The master praised the dishonest servant manager for being so clever, because worldly people are more clever than enlightened people in dealing with their own.

My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever, wise words, but by a display of the Spirit's power,

Granting that I have not been a burden to you, was I a clever schemer who trapped you by some trick?

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

When we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we did not follow any clever myths. Rather, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.