Bible Verses About Prudence

So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,