“True prudence is the knowledge of what to do and what not to do. One who possesses it never refrains from virtuous works and is never pierced by the deadly arrow of vice. Thus, he who understands words of prudence knows the difference between what is insidious, structured for deception, and what reminds us quietly abo…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILY ON THE BEGINNING OF PROVERBS 6
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5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
— Proverbs 15:5 —
6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.