Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaves the flock! The sword will be upon his arm, and upon his right eye. His arm will be withered and dried up, and his right eye will be blind.
Jeremiah 23:1
Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture! Says Jehovah.
Isaiah 42:19-20
Is anyone more blind than my servant or more deaf than the messenger I send?
Jeremiah 23:32
Listen to what I, Jehovah, say! I am against the prophets who tell their dreams that are full of lies. They tell these dreams and lead my people astray with their lies and their boasting. I did not send them or order them to go. They are of no help at all to the people. I Jehovah have spoken!
Jeremiah 50:35-37
A sword will kill the Babylonians and everyone who lives in Babylon, declares Jehovah. A sword will kill their officials and their wise men.
Ezekiel 13:3
The Lord Jehovah said: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.
Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy to these shepherds. Tell them: 'The Lord Jehovah says: How horrible it will be for the shepherds of Israel who have been taking care of only themselves. Should shepherds take care of the sheep?
1 Samuel 2:31
The days are coming when I will cut off your arm (reduce your strength) and the arm of your father's house. No old man shall be in your house!
1 Kings 13:4
King Jeroboam heard this. He pointed his outstretched hand at him and ordered: Seize that man! At once the king's arm became paralyzed so that he could not pull it back.
Isaiah 6:9-10
He said: Go and tell this people: 'Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.'
Isaiah 9:15
Elders and dignitaries are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail.
Isaiah 29:10
Jehovah has made you drowsy. He shut your eyes in a deep sleep you prophets and visionaries. He overwhelmed your leaders.
Isaiah 44:10
Who shapes a god and casts a useless and good for nothing idol.
Jeremiah 22:1
This is what Jehovah says: Go to the palace of the king of Judah, and speak this message there:
Ezekiel 30:21-24
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. His arm is not bandaged, so it cannot heal and be strong enough to hold a sword.
Hosea 4:5-7
You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will stumble with you in the night. I will destroy your mother.
Amos 8:9-10
It will happen in that day, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
Micah 3:6-7
Therefore you will have night. You will have no vision! It will be dark to you. You will not perform divination. The sun will go down on the prophets and they will be in the dark.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You close the kingdom of heaven to people. You do not invite others to enter nor do you enter.
Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, 'When you swear by the temple, it is nothing.' Then you say, 'When you swear by the gold of the temple, you are obligated.'
Luke 11:42-52
Woe to you Pharisees! You tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God. You should have done these but you leave them undone.
John 9:39
Jesus said: I came into the world for this judgment that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind.
John 10:12-13
The hired man owns no sheep. He is not the shepherd. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep. The wolf snatches them, and scatters them.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes. He hardened their heart. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and perceive with their heart. Then they would turn and I would heal them.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks. The chosen ones have obtained it, and the rest were blinded (rendered stupid) (hardened) (made insensitive).
1 Corinthians 8:4
Concerning the eating of food offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
1 Corinthians 10:19-20
What do I mean? That the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything?