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Prudence
Exhibited in the manifestation of God's grace - Eph 1:8
Exemplified by Christ - Isa 52:13; Mt 21:24-27; 22:15-21
Intimately connected with wisdom - Pr 8:12
The wise celebrated for - Pr 16:21
THEY WHO HAVE
- Get knowledge
- Pr 18:15- Deal with knowledge
- Pr 13:16- Look well to their goings
- Pr 14:15- Understand the ways of God
- Ho 14:9- Understand their own ways
- Pr 14:8- Crowned with knowledge
- Pr 14:18- Not ostentatious of knowledge
- Pr 12:23- Foresee and avoid evil
- Pr 22:3- Are preserved by it
- Pr 2:11- Suppress angry feelings
- Pr 12:16; 19:11- Regard reproof
- Pr 15:5- Keep silence in the evil time
- Am 5:13Saints act with - Ps 112:5
Saints should especially exercise, in their intercourse with unbelievers - Mt 10:16; Eph 5:15; Col 4:5
Virtuous wives act with - Pr 31:16,26
The young should cultivate - Pr 3:21
OF THE WICKED
- Fails in times of perplexity
- Jer 49:7- Keeps them from the knowledge of the gospel
- Mt 11:25- Denounced by God
- Isa 5:21; 29:15- Defeated by God
- Isa 29:14; 1Co 1:19- Necessity for-Illustrated
- Mt 25:3,9; Lu 14:28-32Exemplified
- Jacob
- Ge 32:3-23- Joseph
- Ge 41:39- Jethro
- Ex 18:19-23- Gideon
- Jud 8:1-3- David
- 1Sa 16:18- Abigail
- 1Sa 25:23-31; 2Sa 15:32-34; 17:6-14- Aged counsellors of Rehoboam
- 1Ki 12:7- Solomon
- 2Ch 2:12- Nehemiah
- Ne 2:12-16; 4:13-18- The Poor Wise Man
- Ec 9:15- The Scribe
- Mr 12:32-34- Gamaliel
- Ac 5:34-39- Sergius Paulus
- Ac 13:7- Paul
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