Thematic Bible: False shepherds, characteristics of

So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.” Verse Concepts

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, Verse Concepts

Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
“Is not the Lord in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”
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Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;
Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.
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But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. Verse Concepts

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it? Verse Concepts

Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Verse Concepts

Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.
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And as raiders wait for a man,
So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they have committed

crime.

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But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death. Verse Concepts

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. Verse Concepts

If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, Verse Concepts

by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, Verse Concepts

wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

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For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, Verse Concepts

who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain. Verse Concepts

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Verse Concepts

‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as

doctrines the precepts of men

.’” Verse Concepts

"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel Prophesy and say to those shepherds, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock? "You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.

“Woe to the worthless shepherd
Who leaves the flock!
A sword will be on his arm
And on his right eye!
His arm will be totally withered
And his right eye will be blind.” Verse Concepts

His watchmen are blind, All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber; And the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one. "Come," they say, "let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink; And tomorrow will be like today, only more so."

“My people have become lost sheep;

Their shepherds have led them astray.

They have made them turn aside on the mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their resting place.
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Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds,” declares the Lord. Verse Concepts

He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. Verse Concepts