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
The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.
Zechariah 11:5
Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
Ye kill
Ezekiel 19:3
She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
Ezekiel 22:25
Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
Ezekiel 33:25
Therefore say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, pray to your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess the land?
1 Kings 21:13
The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
2 Kings 21:16
Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
Isaiah 1:10
Listen to the Lord's word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God's rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
Jeremiah 2:30
"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."
Jeremiah 22:17
But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.
Lamentations 4:13
(Mem) But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.
Micah 3:1
I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.