Matthew 10:16

World English Bible (2000)

"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 10:3 : 3 Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
  • Acts 20:29 : 29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
  • Gen 3:1 : 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
  • Rom 16:18-19 : 18 For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent. 19 For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.
  • Eph 5:15-17 : 15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
  • 2 Cor 11:14 : 14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • 2 Cor 8:20 : 20 We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 10:3-4
    2 verses
    87%

    3 Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

    4 Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.

  • Matt 10:17-19
    3 verses
    80%

    17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

    18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

    19 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

  • Matt 7:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

    16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

  • Matt 10:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

    15 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

  • Mark 13:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

    10 The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

    11 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 23:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

    34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

  • Matt 10:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5 Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.

    6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

    7 As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'

  • Matt 7:6
    72%

    6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Matt 10:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

    23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

  • Acts 20:29
    71%

    29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

  • Luke 10:19
    71%

    19 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

  • John 10:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

    12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

  • Mark 14:27
    69%

    27 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

  • Luke 12:11
    69%

    11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

  • Jer 8:17
    68%

    17 For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.

  • Matt 5:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

  • Matt 10:27-28
    2 verses
    68%

    27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

    28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

  • Luke 10:10
    68%

    10 But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say,

  • Luke 21:16
    68%

    16 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.

  • Luke 21:12
    68%

    12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

  • John 16:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.

    2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

  • Luke 10:8
    68%

    8 Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

  • Luke 6:22
    68%

    22 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

  • Mark 6:10
    67%

    10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.

  • John 15:20
    67%

    20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

  • Matt 26:31
    67%

    31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

  • John 10:16
    67%

    16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

  • Matt 15:14
    67%

    14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

  • John 10:8
    67%

    8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

  • Matt 25:32
    67%

    32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

  • Luke 3:7
    67%

    7 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • Luke 9:5
    67%

    5 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

  • Mark 16:18
    67%

    18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

  • Matt 18:10
    67%

    10 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

  • Matt 24:9
    67%

    9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.