Bible Verses About Prudence: Exemplified by Christ

Beholde, my seruant shall prosper: he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very hie.

Then Iesus answered and said vnto them, I also will aske of you a certaine thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authoritie I doe these things.

The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it? from heauen, or of men? Then they reasoned among themselues, saying, If we shall say, From heauen, he will say vnto vs, Why did ye not then beleeue him?

And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.

Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tell. And he said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things.

Then went the Pharises and tooke counsell how they might tangle him in talke.

And they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the way of God truely, neither carest for any man: for thou considerest not the person of men.

Tell vs therefore, how thinkest thou? Is it lawfull to giue tribute vnto Cesar, or not?

But Iesus perceiued their wickednes, and sayd, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Shewe me the tribute money. And they brought him a peny.

And he sayde vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

They sayd vnto him, Cesars. Then sayd he vnto them, Giue therefore to Cesar, the things which are Cesars, and giue vnto God, those things which are Gods.