Luke 10:3

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.