Tact

General references

Pro 15:1; Pro 25:15

In preaching

1Co 9:19-22; 2Co 12:6

Of Gideon

Jdg 8:1-3

Of Saul, in managing malcontents

1Sa 10:27; 1Sa 11:7; 1Sa 11:12-15

Nabal’s wife

1Sa 25:18-37

In David’s popular methods:

– In mourning for Abner

2Sa 3:28-37

– In organizing the temple music

1Ch 15:16-24

– In securing popular consent to bringing the ark to Jerusalem

1Ch 13:1-4

Joab’s trick in obtaining David’s consent to the return of Absalom

2Sa 14:1-22

The wise woman of Abel

2Sa 20:16-22

Solomon, in arbitrating between the harlots

1Ki 3:24-28

Mordecai, in concealing Esther’s nationality

Est 2:10

Esther, in placating the king

Est 5

Paul:

– In circumcising Timothy

Act 16:3

– In turning the preaching of adversaries to account

Phi 1:10-22

– In stimulating benevolent giving

2Co 8:1-8; 2Co 9:1-5

– In arraying the two religious factions of the Jews against each other when he was in trouble

Act 23:6-10

The town clerk of Ephesus

Act 19:35-41

The church council at Jerusalem

Act 21:20-25