Sirach 10:3

3 An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.

Bible Verses about Prudence:

  • Proverbs 14:8:  The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
  • Proverbs 27:12  The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
  • Proverbs 8:12   I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
  • Proverbs 13:16:  Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
  • Proverbs 15:5:  A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
  • Proverbs 14:15:  The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
  • Proverbs 15:2:  The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
  • Proverbs 22:3:  The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:21:  But test everything; hold fast what is good.
  • Proverbs 8:1-36:  Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.
  • Proverbs 12:15:  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.