'Crafty' in the Bible
And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Isaac said, “Your brother came deceitfully and has [fraudulently] taken away your blessing [for himself].”
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Those who seek my life lay snares for me,And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;They devise treachery all the day long.
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.
The fool (the good-for-nothing) will no longer be called noble,Nor the rogue said to be generous.
And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox [that sly, cowardly man], ‘Listen carefully: I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I reach My goal.’
He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to live.
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.