John 10:5

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They will not follow a stranger; rather, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.

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  • 1 John 4:5-6 : 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.
  • 1 Kgs 22:7 : 7 But Jehoshaphat asked, 'Is there not another prophet of the LORD here whom we can inquire of?'
  • Prov 19:27 : 27 Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
  • Mark 4:24 : 24 He said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and more will be added to you.
  • Eph 4:11-15 : 11 And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors, and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, into a mature man, to the measure of the stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. 15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ.
  • Col 2:6-9 : 6 Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him. 7 Be rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, based on human tradition and the elemental principles of the world rather than on Christ. 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily. 10 And you have been made complete in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
  • 2 Tim 3:5-7 : 5 They will have a form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people. 6 They are the kind who creep into homes and capture weak-willed women who are burdened with sins and led astray by various desires. 7 Always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they will gather teachers for themselves to satisfy their itching ears.
  • 1 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and every kind of slander. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow in your salvation, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.
  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
  • Luke 8:18 : 18 Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. For whoever has will be given more; but whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken away from them.

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  • John 10:1-4
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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.

    2 But the one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

    3 The gatekeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

    4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

  • John 10:26-28
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    26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.

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

    28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

  • John 10:6-9
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    6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

    7 So Jesus said to them again, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the door for the sheep.'

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

    9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, they will be saved; they will come in and go out, and find pasture.

  • John 10:11-16
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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.

    14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me.

    15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep.

    16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

  • Hos 5:6
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    6 With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

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

  • Matt 7:15
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    15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

  • Jer 25:35
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    35 The shepherds will have no refuge, and the leaders of the flock will find no escape.

  • Luke 15:3-5
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    3 So He told them this parable, saying:

    4 What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5 And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders.

  • 1 John 4:5
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    5 They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

  • Jer 50:6
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    6 My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to wander on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and forgotten their resting place.

  • Acts 20:29
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    29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

  • Ps 18:45
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    45 At the mere hearing of my voice, they obey me; foreigners submit to me grudgingly.

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    3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

  • Matt 15:14
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    14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

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    6 Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

  • Luke 17:23
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    23 People will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them.

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    21 But they will do all these things to you because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.

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    6 Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Jer 10:21
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    21 The shepherds are senseless and do not seek the Lord; therefore they do not prosper, and all their flock is scattered.

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

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    32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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    39 Once again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

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    12 What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away?

  • Ezek 34:9-10
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    9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD.

    10 This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My flock from their hand and stop them from shepherding My flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths, so it will no longer be food for them.'

  • Isa 5:17
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    17 Then lambs will graze as in their own pasture, and strangers will eat in the ruins of the rich.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Zech 11:16
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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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    20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruits.

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    5 Strangers will stand and shepherd your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • John 8:47
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    47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God.