Matthew 10:16

Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁵ Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town! ¹⁶ "Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils, and they will flog 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 am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves!

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other {wild animal} which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God indeed say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be led astray from the sincerity and the purity of [devotion] to Christ.

Philippians 2:15

in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.

Genesis 3:13

Then Yahweh God said to the woman, "What [is] this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all your opponents will not be able to resist or contradict.

Romans 16:18-19

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and purity of motive from God, not in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 8:20

[We are] trying to avoid this, lest anyone should find fault with us in this abundant gift that is being administered by us.

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no wonder, for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light.

Ephesians 5:15-17

Therefore, consider carefully how you live, not as unwise but as wise,

Colossians 1:9

Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,

Colossians 4:5

Live with wisdom toward those outside, making the most of the time.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You [are] witnesses, and [so is] God, how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe,

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from every form of evil.