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Jeremiah 23:1
“ Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Jeremiah 3:15
I will give you shepherds who are loyal to Me, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill.
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Isaiah 40:11
He protects His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them in the fold of His garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
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Ezekiel 34:8-10
As I live”— the declaration of the Lord God—“ because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!“ This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against the shepherds. I will demand My flock from them and prevent them from shepherding the flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths so that they will not be food for them.
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Luke 20:46-47
“ Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive greater punishment.”
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2 Peter 2 3
They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
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Psalms 78:71-72
He brought him from tending ewes to be shepherd over His people Jacob— over Israel, His inheritance.He shepherded them with a pure heart and guided them with his skillful hands.
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Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds are stupid: they don’t seek the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, and their whole flock is scattered.
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Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither away and his right eye go completely blind!”
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Ezekiel 13:19
You profane Me in front of My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you kill those who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to My people, who listen to lies.
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Romans 16:18
for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
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John 21:15-17
When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” he said to Him,“ You know that I love You.”“ Feed My lambs,” He told him.A second time He asked him,“ Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”“ Yes, Lord,” he said to Him,“ You know that I love You.”“ Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.He asked him the third time,“ Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time,“ Do you love Me?” He said,“ Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.”“ Feed My sheep,” Jesus said.
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Acts 20:29
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
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Jeremiah 12:10
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of land. They have turned My desirable plot into a desolate wasteland.
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Acts 20:26
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of everyone’s blood,
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1 Peter 5 2-1 Peter 5 4
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
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Jeremiah 2:8
The priests quit asking,“ Where is the Lord?” The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the rulers rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
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John 10:11-12
“ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.
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Micah 3:11-12
Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,“ Isn’t the Lord among us? No disaster will overtake us.”Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the hill of the temple mount will be a thicket.
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John 10:1-2
“ I assure you: Anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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Zephaniah 3:3-4
The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.Her prophets are reckless— treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to instruction.
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Luke 12:42-46
The Lord said:“ Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.I tell you the truth: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.But if that slave says in his heart,‘ My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
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Ezekiel 33:24
“ Son of man, those who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying,‘ Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’
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Matthew 24:48-51
But if that wicked slave says in his heart,‘ My master is delayed,’and starts to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards,that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Micah 3:1-3
Then I said,“ Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.You eat the flesh of my people after you strip their skin from them and break their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
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2 Samuel 5 2
Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The Lord also said to you,‘ You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.’”