Matthew 10:16

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Matthew 10:16

Lo! I, send you forth as sheep amidst wolves; become ye therefore - prudent, as serpents, and simple, as doves.

Luke 10:3

Withdraw! Lo! I send you forth as lambs amid wolves.

Now, the serpent, was more crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made, so he said unto the woman, Can it really be that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Acts 20:29

I, know, that there will enter, after my departure, grievous wolves into your midst, not sparing the little flock;

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear lest, by any means, as, the serpent, completely deceived Eve, in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the singleness and the chastenesswhich are due unto the Christ.

Philippians 2:15

In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren! do not become children, in your understandings; but, in baseness, become babes, while, in your understandings, ye become, full-grown.

Genesis 3:13

Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.

Luke 21:15

For, I, will give you a mouth and wisdom, which one-and-all who are setting themselves against, you shall be unable to withstand or gainsay.

Romans 16:18-19

For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly, - and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For, our boasting, is, this, - the witness of our conscience, that, in sanctity and sincerity of God, and not in fleshly wisdom, but in God's favour, have we behaved ourselves in the world, - and more abundantly towards you.

2 Corinthians 8:20

Arranging this - lest anyone, upon us, should cast blame, in this munificence which is being ministered by us;

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no marvel! for, Satan himself, doth transfigure himself into a messenger of light!

Ephesians 5:15-17

Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking, - not as unwise, but as wise, -

Colossians 1:9

For this cause, we also, from the day when we heard of you , cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking - that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,

Colossians 4:5

In wisdom, be walking towards them who are without, - the opportunity, buying out for yourselves,

1 Thessalonians 2:10

Ye, are witnesses - God also, how kindly and righteously and blamelessly, unto you who were believing, we were found to behave;

1 Thessalonians 5:22

From every form of wickedness, abstain.

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Summary

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

As sheep

Luke 10:3

Acts 20:29

Wise

Harmless

1 Thessalonians 5:22

General references

Habakkuk 1:3

Bible References

As sheep

Withdraw! Lo! I send you forth as lambs amid wolves.

I, know, that there will enter, after my departure, grievous wolves into your midst, not sparing the little flock;

Wise

For, I, will give you a mouth and wisdom, which one-and-all who are setting themselves against, you shall be unable to withstand or gainsay.

For, your obedience, unto all hath reached, - over you, therefore, I rejoice! But I wish you - to be wise, indeed, as to that which is good, yet pure, as to that which is evil.

Brethren! do not become children, in your understandings; but, in baseness, become babes, while, in your understandings, ye become, full-grown.

But I fear lest, by any means, as, the serpent, completely deceived Eve, in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the singleness and the chastenesswhich are due unto the Christ.

Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking, - not as unwise, but as wise, -

In wisdom, be walking towards them who are without, - the opportunity, buying out for yourselves,

Harmless

For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly, - and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Arranging this - lest anyone, upon us, should cast blame, in this munificence which is being ministered by us;

But I fear lest, by any means, as, the serpent, completely deceived Eve, in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the singleness and the chastenesswhich are due unto the Christ.

In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

Ye, are witnesses - God also, how kindly and righteously and blamelessly, unto you who were believing, we were found to behave;

From every form of wickedness, abstain.

General references

And he said. Should Esau come upon the one camp, and smite it, yet shall the camp that is left escape.

and my cup - the cup of silver, shalt thou put in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his corn-silver. So he did, according to the word of Joseph, which he had spoken.

David therefore sent runners, - and took knowledge that Saul had come, for a certainty.

HEAs a lily among thorns, So, is my fair one, among the daughters!

Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, - and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold?