that takes place, and then he may tell you, "Let's follow other gods (whom you have not known) and let's serve them.' Even though the sign or portent comes to pass,

Joshua then said to all the people, “Look, this stone shall serve as a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us; so it shall be a witness against you, so that [afterward] you do not deny your God.”

Naomi responded to her daughter-in-law Ruth, "It is prudent, my daughter, for you to go out with his women servants, so someone won't attack you in another field."

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

And David will go forth in all which Saul will send him, and he will be prudent: and Saul will set him over the men of war, and he will be good in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.

And David will be prudent in all his ways; and Jehovah with him.

And Saul will see that he is prudent greatly, and he will be afraid of his face.

And the chiefs of the rovers will go forth: and it will be whenever they went forth, David was prudent above all the servants of Saul: and his name will be very precious.

Jonadab said to him, “Go to bed and pretend you are sick; and when your father [David] comes to see you, say to him, ‘Just let my sister Tamar come and serve me food, and let her prepare it in my sight, so that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”

So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there and told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has for many days been in mourning for the dead.

“Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.

Yahweh said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman."

So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in the doorway, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another woman? For I have been sent to you [by God] with a harsh message.

And I sent to him saying, These things which you are saying are not happening, but you pretend them out of your own heart.

Say to God, How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power, Your enemies pretend obedience to You.

Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;
their doom would last forever.

I will be prudent in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me? I will go about in integrity of heart in the midst of my house.

My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience],
Incline your ear to my understanding;

"I, wisdom, have my dwelling with knowledge, and prudent counsel is mine own.

He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.

When there are many words, transgression and offense are unavoidable,
But he who controls his lips and keeps thoughtful silence is wise.

Righteous lips know what is prudent, but the words of the wicked are perverse.

It's better to be unimportant, yet have a servant, than to pretend to be important, but lack food.

A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

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

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

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

A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

The way of life, is upwards to the prudent, that he may depart from hades beneath.

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

A prudent servant, shall rule over a son who causeth shame, and, in the midst of brothers, shall he share the inheritance.

A bribe is like a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he is prudent.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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

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

Don't magnify yourself in the presence of a king, and don't pretend to be in the company of famous men,

On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.

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

Look! I observed that it is good and prudent to eat, drink, and enjoy all that is good of a person's work that he does on earth during the limited days of his life, which God gives him, for this is his allotment.

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

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

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

Then Yahweh said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years [as] a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous 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 saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

"Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house.

Into his right hand comes the portent for Jerusalem -- to set up battering rams, to give the signal for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.

"Son of Man, tell Tyre's Commander-in-Chief, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because your heart is arrogant, and because you keep saying, "I have taken my seat, I am a god, seated in God's seat right in the middle of the sea,' and because you're a man, and not a god, even though you pretend that you have a god-like heart"

youths who {have no physical defect}, and [who are] {handsome}, and [who are] prudent in all wisdom and {endowed with knowledge}, and [who] understand insight, and who [have] the {ability} in them to serve in the palace of the king. [And the king ordered him] to teach them the literature and the language of [the] Chaldeans.

Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel to Arioch, who was in charge of the king's executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.

Some of those who are [spiritually] wise and have insight will fall [as martyrs] in order to refine, to purge and to make those among God’s people pure, until the end time; because it is yet to come at the time appointed [by God].

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 fall therein.

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

And those who bow down and worship the host of heaven [the sun, the moon, and the stars] on their housetops
And those who bow down and swear [oaths] to [and pretend to worship] the Lord and [yet also] swear by [the pagan god called] Milcom [god of the Ammonites],

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee for they are men of portent for behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.

and don't pretend to say within your selves, We have Abraham for our father: for I tell you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham:

Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.

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

Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?

and shall pretend to assault his fellow-servants, and spend his time with sots:

And five of them were prudent and five foolish.

but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.

And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.

But the prudent answered saying, We cannot, lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.

I declare unto you, he that shall pretend to be admitted into the kingdom of God, and has not the temper of a little child, shall not enter therein.

And he gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother, "This child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a portent that will be much debated??35 you yourself will be pierced to the heart??nd so the thoughts of many minds will be revealed."

let your actions therefore show your repentance, and don't pretend to say within yourselves, "we have Abraham for our father:" for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

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

And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

but he said to them, you pretend to piety before men, which, however they may admire, is an abomination to God, who knows your real temper.

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.

Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”

they answered, you were a vicious fellow from your very birth, and do you pretend to preach to us? and then they excommunicated him.

the Jews answered him, saying, it is not for any good work that we stone thee; but for blasphemy, inasmuch as you, being a man, pretend to be a God.

Which 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.

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,

Will you warn men against adultery, and yet practice it yourself? Will you pretend to detest idols, and yet rob their temples?

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

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye prudent in Christ: we weak, but ye strong: ye glorious, but we in dishonour.

does a Jew turn Christian? let him not pretend to be uncircumcised: does a Gentile turn Christian? let him not become circumcised.

In view of the present crisis, I think it is prudent for a man to stay as he is.

Now as to things offered to idols, 'tis certain that the knowledge you all pretend to have, swells you with pride, but 'tis charity that edifieth.

As, to prudent men, I speak, - judge, ye, what I say: -

but this I do, and shall do, to make them drop their hire, who are so bent upon hire: and then indeed they will be as they pretend to be, like me.

as if I was inferior to them. but whatever they pretend to, (I must be so vain) I pretend to the like.

which I might do more justly than any other man can pretend to:

Be prudent in your conduct to those, who are not christians: and make the best of of every opportunity.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled,

That the elderly men be sober, grave, prudent, sound in faith, in divine love, in patience:

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

to be prudent, chaste, domestic, good, submissive to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

Likewise exhort the young men to be prudent:

But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers: