Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
Bible References
Eat
Isaiah 56:11
And the dogs {have a greedy appetite}; they {are never satisfied}. And they are [the] shepherds! They do not have understanding. They all turn to their [own] way, each one for his [own] gain, {every one of them}.
Zechariah 11:5
The ones buying them kill them and go unpunished, and the ones selling them say, 'Blessed [be] Yahweh, for I have become rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
Ye kill
Ezekiel 19:3
And she raised up one from her cubs; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans.
Ezekiel 22:25
The conspiracy of its prophets in the midst of her [is] like a roaring lion [that] is tearing prey. They devour people, and they take wealth and treasure; they make its widows numerous in the midst of her.
Ezekiel 33:25
Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You eat blood [in your meat], and you raise your eyes to your idols and you pour out blood, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?
1 Kings 21:13
Then the two men, {scoundrels}, came, sat opposite him, and the {scoundrels} witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king," so they brought him outside of the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
2 Kings 21:16
Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem {from one end to another}, apart from his sin which he caused Judah to sin by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of Yahweh, rulers of Sodom! Listen [to] the teaching of our God, people of Gomorrah!
Jeremiah 2:30
"For {in vain} I have struck your children. They accepted no discipline. Your sword devoured your prophets, like a ravening lion.
Jeremiah 22:17
"But there is nothing [in] your eyes and your heart {except} your unlawful gain, and on shedding the blood of the innocent, and on committing oppression and extortion."
Lamentations 4:13
Because of the sins of her prophets, the guilt of her priests, who shed blood in her midst, of righteous people.
Micah 3:1
And I said, "Listen, O heads of Jacob and leaders of the house of Israel! [Is it] not for you to know justice?
Zephaniah 3:3
Her officials in her midst [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they leave nothing until the morning.