Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord {is}.

The wisdom of the prudent {is} to understand his way: but the folly of fools {is} deceit.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, {and} hideth himself; {but} the simple pass on, {and} are punished.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. {let...: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright}

That we {henceforth} be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, {and} cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it {is} an evil time.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth {therein}, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. {deed: or, doing}

The law of his God {is} in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. {steps: or, goings}

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I {am} doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

And he knew it, and said, {It is} my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}

And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, {that were} called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made {others} to hope that they would confirm the word.