Acts 13:7
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.
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Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: 1 But the folly of fools is deceit. 1
Proverbs 14:18The simple inherit folly: 1 But the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 1
Hosea 14:9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? 1 Prudent, and he shall know them? 1 For the ways of the Lord are right, 1 And the just shall walk in them: 1 But the transgressors shall fall therein.
Acts 13:12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
Acts 18:12And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
1 Thessalonians 5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Matthew Henry on Acts 13:5-14
Elymas Struck with Blindness. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: 7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and… Read the whole commentary →