Crafty

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.