Matthew 10:16

Legacy Standard Bible

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

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.”

Nehemiah 4:13

that I had men stand in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places, and I had the people stand by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

Jeremiah 40:16

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “Do not do this thing, for you are telling a lie about Ishmael.”

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without a heart of wisdom; They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

Matthew 24:25

Behold, I have told you in advance.

Matthew 24:45

“Who then is the faithful and prudent slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

Matthew 25:2

Now five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.

Matthew 25:4

but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

But the prudent answered, saying, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’

Luke 10:3

Go! Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which 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, do not be children in your thinking; rather in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

2 Corinthians 11:14

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

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be corrupted from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

2 Corinthians 8:20

taking precaution lest anyone discredits us in our ministering of this generous gift,

Philippians 2:15

so that you will be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason also, since the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.