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Matthew 10:16
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Matthew 10:16
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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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Matthew 10:16
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Matthew 10:16
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16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(A) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(B)
Luke 10:3
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Luke 10:3
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3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
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Luke 10:3
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Luke 10:3
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3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.(A)
Philippians 2:15
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Philippians 2:15
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15 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;
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Philippians 2:15
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Philippians 2:15
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15 so that you may become blameless(A) and pure, “children of God(B) without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[a](C) Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
Footnotes
- Philippians 2:15 Deut. 32:5
1 Corinthians 14:20
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1 Corinthians 14:20
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20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
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1 Corinthians 14:20
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1 Corinthians 14:20
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20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(A) In regard to evil be infants,(B) but in your thinking be adults.
Colossians 4:5
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Colossians 4:5
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5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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Colossians 4:5
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Colossians 4:5
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Ephesians 5:15-17
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Ephesians 5:15-17
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15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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Ephesians 5:15-17
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Ephesians 5:15-17
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15 Be very careful, then, how you live(A)—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity,(B) because the days are evil.(C) 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.(D)
Romans 16:18-19
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Romans 16:18-19
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18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
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Romans 16:18-19
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Romans 16:18-19
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18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(A) but their own appetites.(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(C) the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard(D) about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.(E)
Acts 20:29
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Acts 20:29
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29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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Acts 20:29
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Acts 20:29
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29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(A) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(B)
Luke 21:15
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Luke 21:15
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15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
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Luke 21:15
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Luke 21:15
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15 For I will give you(A) words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
2 Corinthians 11:3
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2 Corinthians 11:3
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3 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.
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2 Corinthians 11:3
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2 Corinthians 11:3
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3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning,(A) your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14
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2 Corinthians 11:14
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14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
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2 Corinthians 11:14
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2 Corinthians 11:14
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14 And no wonder, for Satan(A) himself masquerades as an angel of light.
Genesis 3:1
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Genesis 3:1
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3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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Genesis 3:1
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Genesis 3:1
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The Fall
3 Now the serpent(A) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?(B)”
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