God wants us to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil

Mt 10:16(we should be shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves)

                ¹⁶ “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

1 Cor 14:20(In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.)

                ²⁰ Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

Jer 4:22(we should know how to do well)

             ²² “My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”

Rom 16:19(God wants us to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil)

            ¹⁹ Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.