Matthew 10:16

Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁵ Verily I say to 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 as sheep in the midst of wolves; become ye, therefore, as wise as the serpents and as innocent as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to high-councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

Harmless as Doves

Here I Am

It is I

Innocent As Doves

Pay Attention

No

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.

2 Corinthians 1:12

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.