Luke 10:3
Go! Behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves!
Matthew 10:16
"Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Psalm 22:12-16
Many bulls have encircled me; mighty [bulls] of Bashan have surrounded me.
Psalm 22:21
Save me from [the] mouth of [the] lion, and from [the] horns of [the] wild oxen answer me.
Ezekiel 2:3-6
And he said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the {Israelites}, to nations [who are] rebelling, who rebelled against me, they and their ancestors, they transgressed against me {until this very day}.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her officials in her midst [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they leave nothing until the morning.
Matthew 7:15
"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 10:22
and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.
John 10:12
The hired hand, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf approaching and abandons the sheep and runs away--and the wolf seizes them and scatters [them]--
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
John 16:2
{They will expel you from the synagogue}, but an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think they are offering service to God.
Acts 9:2
[and] asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he could bring [them] tied up to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."
Acts 20:29
I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.