Matthew 10:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Cross References

Luke 10:3

Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless  and pure,  children of God who are faultless  in a crooked  and perverted  generation,  among whom you shine like stars in the world,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

Colossians 4:5

Act wisely towards outsiders, making the most of the time.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you such words   and a wisdom   that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Acts 20:29

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

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear that, as the serpent  deceived  Eve  by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure  devotion to Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Stay away  from every kind of evil.

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You can’t eat from any tree in the garden”? ’

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses,  and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously,  and blamelessly  we conducted ourselves with you believers.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking  that you may be filled with the knowledge  of his will  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony  of our conscience  is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom  but by God’s grace.

2 Corinthians 8:20

We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticise us about this large sum that we are administering.

Genesis 3:13

So the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What have you done? ’ And the woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’

Jeremiah 40:16

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam responded to Johanan son of Kareah, ‘Don’t do that! What you’re saying about Ishmael is a lie.’

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove; they call to Egypt,  and they go to Assyria.

Matthew 24:25

Take note: I have told you in advance.

Matthew 24:45

‘Who then is a faithful and wise servant,   whom his master has 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 their flasks with their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

‘The wise ones answered, “No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell oil, and buy some for yourselves.”

Nehemiah 4:13

So I stationed people behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.