Matthew 10:16 - 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.

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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.

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.

English Standard Version 2016

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

Matthew 10:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:1

However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?"

Genesis 3:13

And the Lord God said to the woman, "Why have you done this?" And she responded, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Nehemiah 4:13

So I stationed the people in order, in places behind the wall, all around it, with their swords, and lances, and bows.

Jeremiah 40:16

And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah: "Do not do this word. For what you have said about Ishmael is false."

Hosea 7:11

And Ephraim has become like a pigeon that has been led astray, not having a heart; for they called upon Egypt, they went to the Assyrians.

Matthew 24:25

Behold, I have warned you beforehand.

Matthew 24:45

Consider this: who is a faithful and prudent servant, who has been appointed by his lord over his family, to give them their portion in due time?

Matthew 25:2

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

Matthew 25:4

Yet truly, the prudent ones brought the oil, in their containers, with the lamps.

Matthew 25:9

The prudent responded by saying, 'Lest perhaps there may not be enough for us and for you, it would be better for you to go to the vendors and buy some for yourselves.'

Luke 10:3

Go forth. Behold, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

Luke 21:15

For I will give to you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist or contradict.

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure ravenous wolves will enter among you, not sparing the flock.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not choose to have the minds of children. Instead, be free of malice like infants, but be mature in your minds.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no wonder, for even Satan presents himself as if he were an Angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.

2 Corinthians 8:20

So let us avoid this, lest anyone disparage us over the abundance that is ministered by us.

Philippians 2:15

So may you be without blame, simple sons of God, without reproof, in the midst of a depraved and perverse nation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,

Colossians 1:9

Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming this age.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, as is God, of how holy and just and blameless we were with you who have believed.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from every kind of evil.