John 10:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 John 4:5-6 : 5 They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them. 6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;
  • 1 Kgs 22:7 : 7 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?
  • Prov 19:27 : 27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.
  • Mark 4:24 : 24 And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.
  • Eph 4:11-15 : 11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; 12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ: 14 So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error; 15 But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;
  • Col 2:6-9 : 6 As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him, 7 Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times. 8 Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ: 9 For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form, 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:
  • 2 Tim 3:5-7 : 5 Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these. 6 For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires, 7 Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.
  • 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;
  • 1 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk, 2 Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation; 3 If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.
  • Luke 8:18 : 18 So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

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  • John 10:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

    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.

  • John 10:26-28
    3 verses
    83%

    26 But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

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

    28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.

  • John 10:6-9
    4 verses
    79%

    6 In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

    7 So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

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

    9 I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.

  • John 10:11-16
    6 verses
    76%

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

    12 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:

    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.

  • Hos 5:6
    71%

    6 They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

  • Ezek 34:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    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:

  • Matt 7:15
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    15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

  • Jer 25:35
    70%

    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.

  • Luke 15:3-5
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    68%

    3 And he made a story for them, saying,

    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?

    5 And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

  • 1 John 4:5
    68%

    5 They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

  • Jer 50:6
    68%

    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.

  • Acts 20:29
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    29 I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

  • Ps 18:45
    68%

    45 They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

  • John 16:3
    67%

    3 They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.

  • Matt 15:14
    67%

    14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • Luke 17:23
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    23 And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

  • John 15:21
    67%

    21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.

  • Matt 10:6
    67%

    6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

  • Jer 10:21
    67%

    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.

  • Luke 10:3
    67%

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

  • Matt 25:32
    67%

    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.

  • John 10:39
    67%

    39 Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.

  • Matt 18:12
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    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?

  • Ezek 34:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • Isa 5:17
    66%

    17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.

  • Prov 7:5
    66%

    5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Zech 11:16
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    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.

  • Matt 7:20
    66%

    20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

  • Isa 61:5
    66%

    5 And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.

  • Prov 1:15
    66%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • John 8:47
    66%

    47 He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.