Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Matthew 10:16 in English Standard Version "“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves." Ge 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” Lu 10:3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Joh 17:18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. Ro 16:19 For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. 1Co 14:20 Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. Php 2:15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,