Matthew 10:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 10:3 : 3 `Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;
  • Acts 20:29 : 29 for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that `is' in the Christ;
  • Col 4:5 : 5 in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;
  • Gen 3:1 : 1 And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'
  • Rom 16:18-19 : 18 for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless, 19 for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;
  • Eph 5:15-17 : 15 See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil; 17 because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 ye `are' witnesses -- God also -- how kindly and righteously, and blamelessly to you who believe we became,
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 from all appearance of evil abstain ye;
  • 2 Cor 11:14 : 14 and no wonder -- for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;
  • Col 1:9 : 9 Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;
  • 2 Cor 8:20 : 20 avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What `is' this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.'
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 10:3-4
    2 verses
    87%

    3`Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

    4carry no bag, no scrip, nor sandals; and salute no one on the way;

  • Matt 10:17-19
    3 verses
    80%

    17And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

    18and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

    19`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

  • Matt 7:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

    16From their fruits ye shall know them; do `men' gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?

  • Matt 10:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14`And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

    15verily I say to you, It shall 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`And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;

    10and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

    11`And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 23:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33`Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?

    34`Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

  • Matt 10:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

    6and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

    7`And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;

  • Matt 7:6
    72%

    6`Ye may not give that which is `holy' to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.

  • Matt 10:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

    23`And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

  • Acts 20:29
    71%

    29for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

  • Luke 10:19
    71%

    19lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

  • John 10:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

    12and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

  • Mark 14:27
    69%

    27and Jesus saith to them -- `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad,

  • Luke 12:11
    69%

    11`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

  • Jer 8:17
    68%

    17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Matt 5:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

    12rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward `is' great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

  • Matt 10:27-28
    2 verses
    68%

    27that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

    28`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

  • Luke 10:10
    68%

    10`And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

  • Luke 21:16
    68%

    16`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

  • Luke 21:12
    68%

    12and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;

  • John 16:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

    2out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

  • Luke 10:8
    68%

    8and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

  • Luke 6:22
    68%

    22`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --

  • Mark 6:10
    67%

    10And he said to them, `Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence,

  • John 15:20
    67%

    20`Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

  • Matt 26:31
    67%

    31then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;

  • John 10:16
    67%

    16and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

  • Matt 15:14
    67%

    14let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

  • John 10:8
    67%

    8all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

  • Matt 25:32
    67%

    32and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

  • Luke 3:7
    67%

    7Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

  • Luke 9:5
    67%

    5and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.'

  • Mark 16:18
    67%

    18serpents they shall take up; and if any deadly thing they may drink, it shall not hurt them; on the ailing they shall lay hands, and they shall be well.'

  • Matt 18:10
    67%

    10`Beware! -- ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

  • Matt 24:9
    67%

    9then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;