Matthew 10:16

Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁵ Truly I say unto you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. ¹⁶  Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. ¹⁷ Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and will beat you in their synagogues;

Harmless as Doves

Here I Am

It is I

Innocent As Doves

Pay Attention

No

Luke 10:3

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

Acts 20:29

I know, that after my departure grievous wolves will rise up against you, not sparing the flock;

2 Corinthians 11:3

but I fear, lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which is in Christ.

Philippians 2:15

in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in intellect: but be infants in evil, but be perfect in intellect.

Luke 21:15

for I will give to you mouth and wisdom, which all who are opposed to you will not be able to gainsay nor resist.

Romans 16:18-19

For such do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach; and through fair speeches and eulogies deceive the hearts of the innocent.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and purity of God, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have sojourned in the world, and especially towards you.

2 Corinthians 8:20

and avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this benefaction administered by us:

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Ephesians 5:15-17

Therefore see how you walk about circumspectly, not as unwise, but wise;

Colossians 1:9

Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

Colossians 4:5

Walk about in wisdom toward the aliens, buying in the opportunity.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and God, how sacredly and righteously and blamelessly we were unto you who believed:

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every evil sight.