Romans 16:19
Every one has heard of your ready obedience. It is true that I am very happy about you, but I want you to be well versed in all that is good, and innocent of all that is bad.
Matthew 10:16
Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents, and as blameless as doves.
Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, do not show yourselves children in understanding. In wickedness be infants, but in understanding show yourselves men.
James 3:13-18
Who among you claims to be wise and intelligent? Let him show that his actions are the outcome of a good life lived in the humility of true wisdom.
Luke 10:3
Now, go. Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like lambs among wolves.
Ephesians 1:15-18
And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ's People,
Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.
Philippians 1:9
And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,
Philippians 2:15
So as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent-- 'faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation,' in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world,
Colossians 1:3-9
Whenever we pray, we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, about you,
Colossians 3:16
Let the Message of the Christ dwell in your minds in all its wealth, bringing all wisdom with it. Teach and admonish one another with psalms, and hymns, and sacred songs, full of the loving- kindness of God, lifting your hearts in song to him.
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all;
1 Thessalonians 1:8-9
For it was from you that the Lord's Message resounded throughout Macedonia and Greece; and, more than that, your faith in God has become known far and wide; so that there is no need for us to say another word.
1 Thessalonians 3:6-10
But, when Timothy recently returned to us from you with good news of your faith and love, and told us how kindly you think of us--always longing, he said, to see us, just as we are longing to see you--
2 Timothy 3:15-17
and that, from your childhood, you have known the Sacred Writings, which can give you the wisdom that, through belief in Christ Jesus, leads to Salvation.