Tact
15 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
13 sections
- Esther, in Placating the King
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Joab's Trick in Obtaining David's Consent to the Return of Absalom
- Mordecai, in Concealing Esther's Nationality
- Nabal's Wife
- Paul in Circumcising Timothy
- Paul in Putting the Two Religious Factions of the Jews Against Each Other when he Was in Trouble
- Paul in Stimulating Benevolent Giving
- Paul in Turning the Preaching of his Adversaries to Advantage
- Solomon, in Arbitrating Between the Prostitutes
- The Group Decision at Jerusalem
- The Town Clerk of Ephesus
- The Wise Woman of Abel
Esther, in Placating the King
- Esther 5:7 Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:
General Scriptures Concerning
- Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 25:15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Joab's Trick in Obtaining David's Consent to the Return of Absalom
- 2 Samuel 14:1–22 Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom. …
Mordecai, in Concealing Esther's Nationality
- Esther 2:10 Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
Nabal's Wife
- 1 Samuel 25:18–37 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys …
Paul in Circumcising Timothy
- Acts 16:3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Paul in Putting the Two Religious Factions of the Jews Against Each Other when he Was in Trouble
- Acts 23:6–10 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” …
Paul in Stimulating Benevolent Giving
- 2 Corinthians 8:1–8 Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia. …
- 2 Corinthians 9:1–5 Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you. …
Paul in Turning the Preaching of his Adversaries to Advantage
- Philippians 1:10–22 so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, …
Solomon, in Arbitrating Between the Prostitutes
- 1 Kings 3:24–28 The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword, …
The Group Decision at Jerusalem
- Acts 21:20–25 When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. …
The Town Clerk of Ephesus
- Acts 19:35–41 Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven? …
The Wise Woman of Abel
- 2 Samuel 20:16–22 a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.” …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.