What does the Bible say about wise as a serpent?

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• Matthew 10:16

  "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

• Matthew 10:14-16

  [14] Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet. [15] Most assuredly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. [16] "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

• 2 Corinthians 11:3

  But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

• Matthew 7:15

  "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:21

  Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

• Revelation 12:7-9

  [7] There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war. [8] They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven. [9] The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

• Psalms 91:1-16

  [1] He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [2] I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust." [3] For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. [4] He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart. [5] You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day; [6] Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday. [7] A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it will not come near you. [8] You will only look with your eyes, And see the recompense of the wicked. [9] Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, And the Most High your dwelling place, [10] No evil shall happen to you, Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. [11] For he will give his angels charge over you, To guard you in all your ways. [12] They will bear you up in their hands, So that you won't dash your foot against a stone. [13] You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot. [14] "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. [15] He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. [16] I will satisfy him with long life, And show him my salvation."

• Genesis 3:1-4

  [1] Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'" [2] The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat, [3] but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" [4] The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,

• Matthew 5:39

  But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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