Popular Bible Verses about Shrewd

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. [Gen. 3:1.] AMP

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. KJV

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent and shrewd in their own sight! AMP

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! KJV

And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting shrewdly and prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [relation to] their own generation [to their own age and kind] than are the sons of light. AMP

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. KJV

To the pure You will show Yourself pure, and to the willful You will show Yourself willful. AMP

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. KJV

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very crafty man. AMP

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. KJV

With the pure You will show Yourself pure, and with the perverse You will show Yourself contrary. AMP

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. KJV