Thematic Bible: False shepherds, characteristics of

When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him." Verse Concepts

So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, Verse Concepts

Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us." Verse Concepts

Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law. Verse Concepts

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. Verse Concepts

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes? 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, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. Verse Concepts

Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor. Verse Concepts

As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy. Verse Concepts

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. Verse Concepts

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

If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, Verse Concepts

through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, Verse Concepts

desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions. Verse Concepts

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, Verse Concepts

They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. Verse Concepts

Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Verse Concepts

in vain do 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 the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.

"Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be wholly withered, his right eye utterly blinded!" Verse Concepts

His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all. "Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."

"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. Verse Concepts

Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD. Verse Concepts

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