Matthew 10:16

Weymouth NT

»Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.«

Cross References

Matthew 24:25

Remember, I have forewarned you.

Matthew 24:45

»Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom his master has entrusted the control of his household to give them their rations at the appointed time?«

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

Matthew 25:4

but the wise, besides their torches, took oil in their flasks.

Matthew 25:9

»`But perhaps,' replied the wise, `there will not be enough for all of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.'«

Luke 10:3

Remember that I am sending you out as lambs into the midst of wolves.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to withstand or reply to.«

Acts 20:29

I know that, when I am gone, cruel wolves will come among you and will not spare the flock;

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For the reason for our boasting is this–the testimony of our own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and in reliance not on worldly wisdom but on the gracious help of God, that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and above all in our relations with you.

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no wonder. Satan, their master, can disguise himself as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that, as the serpent in his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may be led astray from their single-heartedness and their fidelity to Christ.

2 Corinthians 8:20

For against one thing we are on our guard–I mean against blame being thrown upon us in respect to these large and liberal contributions which are under our charge.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless–irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;

Colossians 4:5

Behave wisely in relation to the outside world, buying up your opportunities.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You yourselves are witnesses –and God is witness– how holy and upright and blameless our dealings with you believers were.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Hold yourselves aloof from every form of evil.