- General scriptures concerningJob 34:3Job 34:4Psa 39:1Psa 112:5Pro 6:1Pro 6:2Pro 8:12Pro 11:13Pro 11:15Pro 11:29Pro 12:8Pro 12:16Pro 12:23Pro 13:16Pro 14:8Pro 14:15Pro 14:16Pro 14:18Pro 15:5Pro 15:22Pro 16:20Pro 16:21Pro 17:2Pro 17:18Pro 18:15Pro 18:16Pro 19:2Pro 20:5Pro 20:16Pro 20:18Pro 21:5Pro 21:20Pro 21:23Pro 22:3Pro 22:7Pro 22:26Pro 22:27Pro 23:1–3Pro 23:9Pro 24:6Pro 24:27Pro 25:8–10Pro 26:4Pro 26:5Pro 27:12Pro 29:8Pro 29:11Ecc 7:16Ecc 7:17Ecc 8:2Ecc 8:3Ecc 10:1Ecc 10:10Hos 14:9Amo 5:13Mat 5:25Mat 5:26Mat 7:6Luk 14:28–32Rom 14:161Co 6:121Co 8:8–131Co 10:231Co 10:25–33Col 4:5Jas 1:19
- INSTANCES OF
- Jacob, in his conduct toward EsauGen 32:3–21
- Jacob, toward his sons, after Dinah' s defilementGen 34:5Gen 34:30
- Joseph, in the affairs of EgyptGen 41:33–57
- Jethro' s advice to MosesExo 18:17–23
- The Israelites, in the threatened war with the two and one-half tribesJos 22:10–34
- Saul, in not killing the Jabesh-gileadites1Sa 11:13
- David, in his conduct toward Saul1Sa 18:5–30
- David, in overthrowing Ahithophel' s shrewd advice2Sa 15:33–37
- Abigail, in averting David' s anger1Sa 25:18–31
- Achish, in dismissing David1Sa 29
- Elijah, in his escape from Jezebel1Ki 19:31Ki 19:4
- Rehoboam' s advisers1Ki 12:7
- Jehoram, in suspecting a Syrian stratagem2Ki 7:122Ki 7:13
- Nehemiah, in conduct of affairs at JerusalemNeh 2:12–16Neh 4:13–23
- DanielDan 1:8–14
- Certain elders of IsraelJer 26:17–23
- Of Jesus
- In charging those who were healed not to "advertise" his miraclesMat 9:30Mat 16:20Mrk 3:12Mrk 5:43Mrk 7:36Mrk 8:30Mrk 9:9
- Going to the feast secretlyJhn 7:10
- In walking "no longer openly,"Jhn 11:54Jhn 12:36
- In avoiding his enemiesMat 12:14–16Mrk 3:7Jhn 11:47–54
- Joseph, in his conduct toward MaryMat 1:19
- Peter, in escaping from Herod Agrippa IAct 12:17
- Paul
- In circumcising TimothyAct 16:3
- In performing temple ritesAct 21:20–26
- In turning the Jewish sects against each otherAct 23:6
- Avoiding suspicion in administering the gifts of the congregations2Co 8:20
- His lack of, in his persistence in going to Jerusalem despite the warnings of the Spirit and his friendsAct 20:22–25Act 20:37Act 20:38Act 21:10–14
- Paul and Barnabas, in escaping persecutionAct 14:6
- Paul and Silas, in escaping from BereaAct 17:10–15
- The town clerk of Ephesus, in averting a riotAct 19:29–41
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