Acts 20:29

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I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

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  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  • John 10:12 : 12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.
  • Luke 10:3 : 3 Go on your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.
  • Jer 13:20 : 20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you—the sheep of your glorious care?
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 34:2-3 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, the shepherds: This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock? 3 You eat the fat, wear the wool, and slaughter the fattened animals, but you do not feed the flock.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her officials are roaring lions in her midst; her judges are wolves of the evening, leaving nothing for the morning.
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm wither completely, and his right eye become totally blind.

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    30 Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them.

    31 Therefore, be watchful, remembering that for three years I never stopped admonishing each one of you with tears, night and day.

  • Acts 20:27-28
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    27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole plan of God.

    28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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    15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

  • John 10:11-13
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    11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

    12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.

    13 The hired worker runs away because he is a hired worker and does not care about the sheep.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, watching over them—not under compulsion, but freely; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

    3 Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.

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    16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.

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  • Luke 10:3
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    3 Go on your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.

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    1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, declares the LORD.

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  • 2 Pet 3:17
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    17 Therefore, beloved, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own steadfastness.

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    16 For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those being destroyed, seek the young, heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.'

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    7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

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    9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD.

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    1 Truly, truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way is a thief and a robber.

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    27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

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    5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild animals; they were scattered.

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

    2 Many will follow their destructive ways, and because of them, the way of truth will be blasphemed.

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    14 knowing that the laying aside of my tent is imminent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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    8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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    22 I will save My flock so they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

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    4 This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’

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    19 Must My flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

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    25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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    1 But know this: In the last days, difficult times will come.