Strong's G5428 φρόνησις (phronesis)

And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them because of the children of Israel.

The Lord will weaken his adversary; The Lord is holy. Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, And let not the rich man boast in his wealth; But let him that boasts boast in this, To understand and know the Lord, And to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: He will judge the extremities of the earth, And he gives strength to our kings, And will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord,

And all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute judgment.

And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.

And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.

And the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,

And she said to King Solomon, It was a true report which I heard in my land of thy words and thy wisdom.

Blessed are thy wives, blessed are these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

had put into his heart.

And the rest of the history of Solomon, and all that he did, and all his wisdom, behold are not these things written in the book of the life of Solomon?

Who takes the wise in their wisdom, And subverts the counsel of the crafty.

For thou hast hidden their heart from wisdom; Therefore thou shalt not exalt them.

To know wisdom and instruction, And to perceive words of understanding;

Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, And the mortal who knows prudence.

And by prudence he prepared the heavens.

And gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;

Thou shalt proclaim wisdom, That understanding may be obedient to thee.

Counsel and safety are mine: Prudence is mine, and strength is mine.

Leave folly, that ye may reign forever; And seek wisdom, And improve understanding by knowledge.

saying, Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; And I exhort those that want prudence, saying,

But wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: But a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.

The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, And the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.

He that procures wisdom loves himself; And he that keeps wisdom shall find good.

A wise man is better than a strong man; And a man who has prudence than a large estate.

For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.

And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.

And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burned up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Hast thou gained power for thyself by thine own knowledge or thine own prudence, and gotten gold and silver in thy treasures?

young men in whom was no blemish, and beautiful in appearance, and skilled in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and acquainted with prudence, and who had ability to stand in the house before the king, and the king gave commandment to teach them the learning and language of the Chaldeans.

And as for these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

And he changes times and seasons: he appoints kings, and removes them, giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding:

For there is an excellent spirit in him, and sense and understanding are in him, interpreting dreams as he does, and answering hard questions, and solving difficulties: it is Daniel, and the king gave him the name of Belteshazzar: now then let him be called, and he shall tell thee the interpretation of the writing.

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

For reason is necessary to everyone as a step to science: and more especially does it embrace the praise of prudence, the highest virtue.

And the forms of wisdom are prudence, and justice, and manliness, and temperance.

The leading one of these is prudence; by whose means, indeed, it is that reasoning bears rule over the passions.

For glorious is the fruit of good labors: And the root of wisdom shall never fall away.

But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, And an unspotted life is old age.

To think therefore upon her is the perfection of wisdom: And whoso watcheth for her shall quickly be without care.

Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.

For in his hand are both we and our words; All wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.

And if prudence work; Who of all that are is a more cunning workman than she?

And if a man love righteousness, Her labors are virtues: For she teacheth temperance and prudence, Justice and fortitude: Which are such things, as men can have nothing more profitable in their life.

And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; And in the works of her hands are infinite riches; And in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; And in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.

Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her, except God gave her me; And that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was; I prayed unto the Lord, and besought him, And with my whole heart I said,

As for the illusions of art magic, they were put down, And their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.

And the understanding of prudence from everlasting.

The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, Neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.

He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, Is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.

Well is he that hath found prudence, And he that speaketh in the ears of them that will hear:

These things are grievous to a man of understanding; The upbraiding of houseroom, and reproaching of the lender.

Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.

Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.

but they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.

I and from afar off trees more numerous than I these trees and great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom.

I said: 'How beautiful is the tree, and how attractive is its look!' Then Raphael the holy angel, who was with me, answered me and said: 'This is the tree of wisdom, of which thy father old (in years) and thy aged mother, who were before thee, have eaten, and they learnt wisdom and their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked and they were driven out of the garden.'

Therefore they shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdom, And they shall perish thereby together with their possessions; And with all their glory and their splendour, And in shame and in slaughter and in great destitution, Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.