Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Bible References
I send
Psalm 22:12
Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
Ezekiel 2:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me unto this very day;
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.
John 15:20
Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.
John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;
Acts 9:2
and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Wolves
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
Matthew 7:15
But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.
John 10:12
but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
Acts 20:29
For I know this, that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;