8 occurrences

'Shrewd' in the Bible

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,So that their hands cannot attain success.

Strike a scoffer and the naive may become shrewd,But reprove one who has understanding and he will gain knowledge.

And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive.

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