Bible Dictionary: Prudence: They Who Have are Preserved by It

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Proverbs 2:11
Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
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Whether by Being Sanctified in the Womb the Blessed virgin was ...
... which is contrary to what we have said above ... 35) says that the sword signifies "Mary's
prudence which took ... They may, however, be explained as meaning that our ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether by being sanctified in.htm

The Hebrew Sages and their Proverbs
... O ye simple, understand prudence; And ye fools, be of ... pastors and advisers of the
people, they drew their ... teachings the Old Testament would have been incomplete ...
/.../the origin and permanent value of the old testament/x the hebrew sages and.htm

On the Coming of Our Lord in the Flesh; Its Nature and Cause.
... the course of human life, that they who have ... are preserved, [3419] their preserver
must have had a ... His doctrines instilled, not prudence only, [3425] but real ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xi on the coming of.htm

The "Little Knife" Insurrection
... Prudence being the better part of valor, he ordered his ... the Mandarin forces, but
the Chinese say they fought more ... We have all been preserved from harm thus far ...
/.../fagg/forty years in south china/vi the little knife insurrection.htm

Of Mortification of Fear and Scrupulosity, which is the Most ...
... recollectedness, that it deserves all care and prudence to be ... can; and such as if
they will have the courage ... do not doubt, but through God's help, they will be ...
/.../chapter viii of mortification of.htm

Of Liberality. ...
... For money would not have bought back the fruitfulness of any ... They only grow the stronger
by constant use ... The rich stream of prudence ever flows back upon itself ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xv of liberality .htm

Paul in Corinth.
... he waved the exercise of it, from prudence or generosity ... those admonitions, by which
he might have been preserved ... who neglect any thing, which they should have ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxi paul in corinth.htm

Of the Words or the Voice that came from Heaven Upon Him when He ...
... in the Son, he is taught a lesson of prudence by the ... apparent, that whichever of
the evangelists may have preserved for us the words as they were literally ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xiv of the words or.htm

The Ecclesiastical Writers. By "The Fathers" we Understand the ...
... which he then endured seems to have hastened his ... scarcely even an average share of
prudence and common ... the daring spirit of speculation which they were still ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter i the ecclesiastical writers.htm

The Surrender of Gischala; While John Flies Away from it to ...
... Yet he said that Titus ought to have such regard to ... for he was gotten to Jerusalem
before; they also slew ... probably such a one might be taught prudence, by the ...
/.../chapter 2 the surrender of.htm

Subtopics

Prudence

Prudence in Avoiding his Enemies

Prudence in Charging Those Who Were Healed not to "Advertise" his Miracles

Prudence in Circumcising Timothy

Prudence in Performing Temple Rites

Prudence in Turning the Jewish Sects Against Each Other

Prudence in Walking "No Longer Openly"

Prudence of the Wicked: Defeated by God

Prudence of the Wicked: Denounced by God

Prudence of the Wicked: Fails in Times of Perplexity

Prudence of the Wicked: Keeps Them from the Knowledge of the Gospel