Verse 3

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

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:16 : 16 `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.
  • 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,
  • Ezek 2:3-6 : 3 And He saith unto Me, `Son of man, I am sending thee unto the sons of Israel, unto nations who are rebels, who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me, unto this self-same day. 4 And the sons `are' brazen-faced and hard-hearted to whom I am sending thee, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: 5 and they -- whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they `are' -- have known that a prophet hath been in their midst. 6 `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they `are' a rebellious house,
  • John 15:20 : 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;
  • John 16:2 : 2 out 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;
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her heads in her midst `are' roaring lions, Her judges `are' evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 `But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
  • Ps 22:12-16 : 12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me, 13 They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. 14 As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. 16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 22:21 : 21 Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.
  • John 10:12 : 12 and 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;