'Clever' in the Bible
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a clever woman from there. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
They devise clever schemes against Your people;they conspire against Your treasured ones.
Woe to those who are wise in their own opinionand clever in their own sight.
For he said:I have done this by my own strengthand wisdom, for I am clever.I abolished the borders of nationsand plundered their treasures;like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize—not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.
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- Able (905 instances)
- Apt (8 instances)
- Clever (25 instances)
- Cunning (54 instances)
- Cunning (54 instances)
- Discreet (16 instances)
- Endowed (13 instances)
- Gifted (3 instances)
- Inventive (2 instances)