Matthew 10:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. [Gen. 3:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “Look, I’m sending you as sheep among wolves. Therefore, be wise as snakes and innocent as doves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Matthew 10:16 Cross References

Genesis 3:1

But the serpent was shrewder than any animal of the field that Adonai Elohim made. So it said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from all the trees of the garden’?”

Genesis 3:13

Adonai Elohim said to the woman, “What did you do?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me and I ate.”

Nehemiah 4:13

Then I said to the nobles, the rulers and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from one another on the wall.

Jeremiah 40:16

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Don’t do this thing! For what you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim is like a senseless silly dove, they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

Matthew 24:25

See, I have told you beforehand.

Matthew 24:45

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master put in charge of his household to give them food at the proper time?

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Matthew 25:4

But the wise ones took oil in jars along with their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

But the wise ones replied, ‘No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Instead, go to those who sell, and buy some for yourselves.’

Luke 10:3

“Go forth! Look, I am sending you as lambs in the midst of wolves.

Luke 21:15

for I Myself will give you speech and wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

Acts 20:29

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

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, stop being children in your thinking—rather, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world, and most especially toward you, with simplicity and godly sincerity—not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no wonder, for even satan masquerades as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds might be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion and purity to the Messiah.

2 Corinthians 8:20

We are taking this precaution, so that no one will blame us in regard to the way we administer this generous gift.

Philippians 2:15

so that you might be blameless and innocent, children of God in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation. Among them you shine as lights in the world,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason also, ever since we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking God that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding—

Colossians 4:5

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, along with God, of how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we behaved toward you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

keep away from every kind of evil.