The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
And David said to the young man that told him, How know you that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.
Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.
A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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.
That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.