Matthew 10:16

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Matthew 10:16

Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves.

Luke 10:3

Retire: behold, I send you as lambs in the midst of wolves.

Genesis 3:1

And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Acts 20:29

For I know this, that there shall come in after my departure grievous wolves to you, not sparing the flock.

2 Corinthians 11:3

And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.

Philippians 2:15

That ye be complete and pure, children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world;

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in reflection: but in wickedness act like children, and in reflection be ye perfected.

Genesis 3:13

And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.

Luke 21:15

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all they opposed to you shall not be able to contradict nor withstand.

Romans 16:18-19

For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent.

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our consciousness, that in simplicity and purity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we turned back in the world, and more eminently to you.

2 Corinthians 8:20

Prepared for this, lest any blame us in this abundance served by us:

2 Corinthians 11:14

And not wonderful; for Satan himself is transformed into a messenger of light.

Ephesians 5:15-17

See therefore how ye walk accurately, not as unwise, but as wise,

Colossians 1:9

For this also we, from the day which we heard, ceased not praying for you, and asking that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Colossians 4:5

In wisdom walk toward them without, purchasing the time.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

Ye witnesses, and God, how holily and justly and unblamably we were to you the believing:

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Keep away from all appearance of evil.

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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

Retire: behold, I send you as lambs in the midst of wolves.

For I know this, that there shall come in after my departure grievous wolves to you, not sparing the flock.

Wise

And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all they opposed to you shall not be able to contradict nor withstand.

For your obedience has come to all. Therefore I rejoice for you: and I wish you truly to be wise to good, and pure to evil.

Brethren, be not children in reflection: but in wickedness act like children, and in reflection be ye perfected.

And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.

See therefore how ye walk accurately, not as unwise, but as wise,

For this also we, from the day which we heard, ceased not praying for you, and asking that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

In wisdom walk toward them without, purchasing the time.

Harmless

For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Prepared for this, lest any blame us in this abundance served by us:

And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.

That ye be complete and pure, children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world;

Ye witnesses, and God, how holily and justly and unblamably we were to you the believing:

Keep away from all appearance of evil.

General references

And he will say, If Esau shall come to the one camp and smite it, and the remaining camp was to escape.

And my cup, the silver cup, thou shalt put in the sack's mouth of the small one, and the silver of his grain; and he will do according to the word which Joseph spake.

And David will send spies, and he knew that Saul came for a certainty.

As the lily between thorns, so is my friend between the daughters.

Wherefore wilt thou cause me to see vanity and cause me to look at labor? and oppression and violence before me, and there will be contention, and strife will be raised up.