Matthew 10:16

Remember, I am the one sending you out, like sheep with wolves all around. So be shrewd like snakes, yet harmless like doves.
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Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Sheep Before the Shearers cites Matthew 10:16

    …be slaughtered” (Romans 8:36, ESV). Jesus sends us out as sheep in the midst of wolves (Matthew 10:16, ESV), and we are to see ourselves as living sacrifices, ready to be offered. But I want…

  2. The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch · Ochorus Originals

    God’s Wheat cites Matthew 10:16–23

    …did. 5. Guard against any spirituality that seeks suffering for its own sake. Read Matthew 10:16–23 and note the Lord’s wisdom as well as His call to courage. A PRAYER Lord Jesus, You fell…

  3. Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 6 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 16 — Wise and Innocent cites Matthew 10:16

    …like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” — Matthew 10:16 (BSB) When Jesus sent out His disciples to tell people about God’s kingdom, He gave them…

  4. At the Master's Feet · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    Sin and Salvation cites Matt. x.16

    …of the dove, therefore I have said, “Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matt. x.16). 2. My cross and atonement do the same for believers as the serpent of brass did for the…

  5. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Matt. x. 16 – 18

    …the great persecutions his followers should meet with, both from Jews and Gentiles; (Matt. x. 16 – 18, 21, 22, 34 – 36. and xxiv. 9. Mark xiii. 9. Luke x. 3. xii. 11, 49 – 53. and xxi. 12…

  6. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Unsearchable Riches cites Matt. x. 16

    …are sound in the faith, bold as lions, “wise as serpents, and yet harmless as doves.” (Matt. x. 16.) The very man who said “Grace is given me to preach,” is the same man who said, in…

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