'Discreet' in the Bible
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
"I, wisdom, am related to prudence. I know how to be discreet.
The king’s favor and good will are toward a servant who acts wisely and discreetly,But his anger and wrath are toward him who acts shamefully.
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters [copious and difficult to fathom];The fountain of [mature, godly] wisdom is like a bubbling stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].
If you scourge a scoffer, the simple person may learn to be discreet; rebuke a discerning man and he will gain understanding.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesThan seven men who can give a discreet answer.
“If she is a wall (discreet, womanly),We will build on her a turret (dowry) of silver;But if she is a door (bold, flirtatious),We will enclose her with planks of cedar.”
But keep alert at all times [be attentive and ready], praying that you may have the strength and ability [to be found worthy and] to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man [at His coming].”
The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,
that the elder men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
The younger men in like manner exhort to be discreet:
It teaches us to reject ungodliness and worldly (immoral) desires, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives [lives with a purpose that reflect spiritual maturity] in this present age,