Matthew 10:16

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Matthew 10:16

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; become ye, therefore, as wise as the serpents and as innocent as doves.

Luke 10:3

Go your ways; behold, I am sending you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.

Acts 20:29

I know that, after my departure, grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

2 Corinthians 11:3

but I fear lest, by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and purity which is toward Christ.

Philippians 2:15

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, do not be children in mind; yet in evil be babes, but in mind be full-grown.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or gainsay.

Romans 16:18-19

For those who are such are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and, through their kind words and flattering speeches, they beguile the hearts of the simple.

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 8:20

avoiding this, that no one should blame us in the matter of this bounty which is ministered by us;

2 Corinthians 11:14

and no wonder, for even Satan transforms himself into an angel of light!

Ephesians 5:15-17

Look, therefore, carefully, how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Colossians 1:9

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, cease not praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward those without, buying up the opportunity.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and unblamably we behaved toward you who believe;

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from every form 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

Colossians 4:5

Harmless

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Bible References

As sheep

Go your ways; behold, I am sending you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.

I know that, after my departure, grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

Wise

for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or gainsay.

For your obedience reached unto all. I rejoice, therefore, over you; but I wish you to be wise as to that which is good, but simple as to evil.

Brethren, do not be children in mind; yet in evil be babes, but in mind be full-grown.

but I fear lest, by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and purity which is toward Christ.

Look, therefore, carefully, how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, cease not praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Walk in wisdom toward those without, buying up the opportunity.

Harmless

For those who are such are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and, through their kind words and flattering speeches, they beguile the hearts of the simple.

avoiding this, that no one should blame us in the matter of this bounty which is ministered by us;

but I fear lest, by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and purity which is toward Christ.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and unblamably we behaved toward you who believe;

Abstain from every form of evil.