Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yea, has God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all those who oppose you will not be able to contradict or to resist.

For your obedience reached to all men. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be indeed wise in the good and pure in the evil.

Brothers, become not children in your thoughts. Instead be childlike in wickedness, but in your thoughts become mature.

But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent enticed Eve by his craftiness, so your thoughts might be corrupted from the simplicity in the Christ.

Therefore watch carefully how ye walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Because of this we also, from the day that we heard, cease not praying for you and making request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time,

Harmless

For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

Arranging this lest any man may criticize us in this bounty administered by us,

But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent enticed Eve by his craftiness, so your thoughts might be corrupted from the simplicity in the Christ.

so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and justly and blamelessly we became to you who believe,

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

General references

And he said, If Esau comes to the one company, and smites it, then the company which is left shall escape.

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul definitely came.

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up.