The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well where he is going.
And David said unto the young man that told him, How know you that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for you unto the king.
Yet they sent unto me four times in this way; 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 above 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 mischievous 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.
Who 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, by which they lie in wait to deceive;
Therefore be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.