Jude 1:12
These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit -- twice dead, uprooted;
Proverbs 25:14
Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.
Ezekiel 34:8
As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,
Matthew 15:13
And he replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
Ephesians 4:14
So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
Psalm 37:2
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.
Psalm 78:29-31
They ate until they were stuffed; he gave them what they desired.
Isaiah 56:10-12
All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
Ezekiel 17:9
"'Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
Ezekiel 34:2
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them -- to the shepherds: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
Ezekiel 34:10
This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.
Ezekiel 34:18
Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet?
Hosea 6:4
What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn's dew!
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.
Matthew 21:19-20
After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "Never again will there be fruit from you!" And the fig tree withered at once.
Mark 4:6
When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.
Mark 11:20-21
In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
Luke 8:6
Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
Luke 12:45
But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,
Luke 16:19
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
Luke 21:34
"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
John 15:4-6
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
1 Corinthians 11:20-22
Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord's Supper.
Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.
1 Timothy 5:6
But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
Hebrews 6:4-8
For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
James 5:5
You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
2 Peter 2:13-14
suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.
2 Peter 2:17-20
These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.