Bible Cross References
I send
Psalm 22:12-16
12
Many bulls have compassed Me; fat bulls have beset Me round about.
13
They have opened their mouth against Me, as a ravening and roaring lion.
14
I am poured out like water, and all My bones are loosened; My heart in the midst of My belly has become like melting wax.
15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and My tongue is glued to My throat; and You have brought Me down to the dust of death.
16
For many dogs have compassed Me; the assembly of the evildoers has enclosed Me; they pierced My hands and My feet.
Psalm 22:21-16
Ezekiel 2:3-6
3
And He said to me, Son of Man, I send you forth to the house of Israel, to them that provoke Me; who have provoked Me, they and their fathers to this day.
4
And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord.
5
Whether then indeed they shall hear or fear (for they are a provoking house,) yet they shall know that you are a prophet in the midst of them.
6
And you, son of man, fear them not, nor be dismayed at their face (for they will madden and will rise up against you round about, and you dwell in the midst of scorpions), be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their countenance, for they are a provoking house.
Matthew 10:16
"Behold, I am sending you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:22
And you will be hated by all [people] for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
John 15:20
Remember the word which I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
John 16:2
They will excommunicate you; but a time is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering God a service.
Acts 9:2
and requested from him letters [of authority] to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he should find any who were of the Way, both men or women, he might bring them, having been bound, to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:16
For I will show him all the things that he must suffer for My name's sake."
wolves
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves of Arabia; they remained not till the morning.
Matthew 7:15
"But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
John 10:12
But a hired hand, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
Acts 20:29
For I know this, that savage wolves will come in after my departure, not sparing the flock.