Acts 20:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

For I knowe this, that after my departing shall grieuous wolues enter in among you, not sparing the flocke.

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  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you, in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.
  • John 10:12 : 12 But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therefore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you Ouerseers, to feede the Church of God, which hee hath purchased with that his owne blood.
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 Bvt there were false prophets also among the people, euen as there shalbe false teachers among you: which priuily shall bring in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lorde, that hath bought them, and bring vpon themselues swift damnation.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you as sheepe in the middes of the wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doues.
  • Luke 10:3 : 3 Goe your wayes: beholde, I send you foorth as lambes among wolues.
  • Jer 13:20 : 20 Lift vp your eyes and beholde them that come fro the North: where is the flocke that was giuen thee, euen thy beautifull flocke?
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 Wo be vnto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheepe of my pasture, saith the Lorde.
  • Ezek 34:2-3 : 2 Sonne of man, prophesie against the shepherdes of Israel, prophesie & say vnto them, Thus saieth the Lord God vnto the shepherds, Wo be vnto the shepherds of Israel, that feede them selues: should not the shepherds feede the flockes? 3 Yee eate the fat, and yee clothe you with the wooll: yee kill them that are fed, but ye feede not the sheepe.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes within her are as roaring lyons: her iudges are as wolues in the euening, which leaue not the bones till the morow.
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 O idole shepheard that leaueth the flocke: the sword shalbe vpon his arme, & vpon his right eye. His arme shall be cleane dryed vp, and his right eye shall be vtterly darkened.

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    27For I haue kept nothing backe, but haue shewed you all the counsell of God.

    28Take heede therefore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you Ouerseers, to feede the Church of God, which hee hath purchased with that his owne blood.

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    15Beware of false prophets, which come to you, in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.

  • John 10:11-13
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    11I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.

    12But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe.

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    2Feede the flocke of God, which dependeth vpo you, caring for it not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde:

    3Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke.

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    16Behold, I send you as sheepe in the middes of the wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doues.

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    1Wo be vnto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheepe of my pasture, saith the Lorde.

    2Therefore thus saith the Lorde God of Israel vnto the pastors that feede my people, Yee haue scattered my flock and thrust them out, and haue not visited them: beholde, I will visite you for the wickednesse of your works, saith the Lord.

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