John 10:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

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  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
  • Isa 56:10-12 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep. 11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same. 12 Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
  • Ezek 34:2-6 : 2 Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep? 3 You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food. 4 You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly. 5 And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field. 6 And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.
  • Zech 11:16-17 : 16 For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the flesh of the fat, and let their feet be broken. 17 A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
  • John 10:3 : 3 The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.
  • Acts 20:29 : 29 I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
  • 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 10:13-16
    4 verses
    92%

    13 Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

    14 I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,

    15 Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.

    16 And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.

  • John 10:11
    82%

    11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

  • John 10:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1 Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

    2 He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.

    3 The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

    4 When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

    5 They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

  • Zech 11:15-17
    3 verses
    77%

    15 And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.

    16 For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the flesh of the fat, and let their feet be broken.

    17 A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.

  • Ezek 34:5-12
    8 verses
    76%

    5 And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.

    6 And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

    7 For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

    8 By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;

    9 For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

    10 This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.

    11 For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.

    12 As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.

  • Jer 25:34-36
    3 verses
    75%

    34 Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.

    35 There will be no way of flight for the keepers of sheep, no road for the chiefs of the flock to get away safely.

    36 A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.

  • John 10:8
    75%

    8 All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.

  • Jer 23:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.

    2 So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 34:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?

    3 You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

  • Jer 10:21
    74%

    21 For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.

  • Acts 20:29
    73%

    29 I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

  • Matt 18:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

    13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

  • John 10:27
    72%

    27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

  • Luke 15:4
    72%

    4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

  • Matt 7:15
    72%

    15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

  • Zech 13:7
    72%

    7 Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

  • Zech 11:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;

    5 Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.

  • 1 Pet 5:2
    72%

    2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

  • Jer 31:10
    72%

    10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.

  • Matt 25:32
    71%

    32 And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

  • Matt 9:36
    71%

    36 But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

  • Luke 10:3
    70%

    3 Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

  • Jer 50:6
    70%

    6 My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.

  • Matt 10:16
    70%

    16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

  • Zech 10:2
    70%

    2 For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.

  • Isa 56:11
    69%

    11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.

  • Jer 12:10
    69%

    10 The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;

  • Jer 23:4
    69%

    4 And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.