Matthew 10:16
Here is how it will be: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore you should be as crafty [Note: The Greek word here is "sensible"] as snakes, yet as harmless [Note: The Greek word is "sincere"] as doves.
2 Peter 2:8
(For, being a righteous man living among them, Lot's righteous spirit was very disturbed every day by the wickedness he heard and saw),
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Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
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Matthew 10:16
Here is how it will be: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore you should be as crafty [Note: The Greek word here is "sensible"] as snakes, yet as harmless [Note: The Greek word is "sincere"] as doves.
2 Peter 2:8
(For, being a righteous man living among them, Lot's righteous spirit was very disturbed every day by the wickedness he heard and saw),