Thematic Bible: False shepherds, characteristics of

When therefore the chief priests and the subordinates saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Ye take ye him and crucify, for I find no cause in him. Verse Concepts

And likewise also the chief priests, ridiculing with the scholars, and elders, and Pharisees, said, Verse Concepts

The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us. Verse Concepts

Her prophets are airy and treacherous men. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law. Verse Concepts

But the chief priests incited the crowd, so that he would release Barabbas to them instead. Verse Concepts

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means. And my people love to have it so. And what will ye do in the end thereof? 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 common, nor have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their ey Verse Concepts

Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for to you pertains the judgment. For ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. Verse Concepts

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem. Yea, they have committed iniquity. Verse Concepts

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. Verse Concepts

But FALSE prophets also developed among the people, as FALSE teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. Verse Concepts

If any man teaches something different, and does not associate with wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to piety, Verse Concepts

speaking lies in hypocrisy, their own conscience having been seared with a hot iron, Verse Concepts

desiring to be law teachers, understanding neither what they say, nor about what they confidently assert. Verse Concepts

For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear, Verse Concepts

who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit. Verse Concepts

Whoever therefore may relax one of these least commandments, and may teach men so, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens. But whoever may do and may teach them, this man will be called great in the kingdom of the he Verse Concepts

And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. Verse Concepts

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says lord LORD: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the sheep? Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool. Ye kill the fatlings, but ye do not feed the sheep.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye. His arm shall be entirely dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. Verse Concepts

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber. Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. Come ye, [they say], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure.

My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting-place. Verse Concepts

Therefore thus says LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them. Behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, says LORD. Verse Concepts

But the hired man, and not being the shepherd, whose sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. Verse Concepts