Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD as an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed."

Matthew 6:28, 29
And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. . . .

Matthew 10:16
Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Philippians 2:15, 16
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world . . .

1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.