Matthew 10:16
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
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Parallel scriptures and linked biblical themes for Matthew 10:16.
"That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;"
"Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves."
"Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men."
"Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time."
"For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock."
"For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."
"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."