The simple believes every word, but the wise man watches his step.
And David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?
And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak for you to the king.
And they sent to me four times in this way. And I answered them in the same way.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man from himself.
A wise one fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is sure.
The wisdom of the wise is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; a liar gives ear to an evil tongue.
A prudent one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
A sensible one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
Ponder the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.
So the understanding ones shall keep silent in that time; for it is an evil time.
who was with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called for Barnabas and Saul and asked to hear the Word of God.
so that we no longer may be infants, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine, in the dishonesty of men, in cunning craftiness, to the wiles of deceit.
Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits to see if they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.