Shrewd

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

…to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

…to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

…and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.