Acts 20:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing 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 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore, be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  • Luke 10:3 : 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
  • Jer 13:20 : 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.
  • Ezek 34:2-3 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3 You eat the fat, and clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you do not feed the flock.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning.
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. His arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be totally blinded.

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    30Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

    31Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

  • Acts 20:27-28
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    27For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

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    15Beware 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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    11I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

    12But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

    13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

    3Neither as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

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    16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore, be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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    3Go your ways: behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

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    1Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

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    17You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.

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    16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor feed what stands still. But he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hooves in pieces.

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

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    9Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

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    1Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

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    35And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.

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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

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    21For the pastors have become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

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    1Now the Spirit speaks clearly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits, and doctrines of demons;

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    4And when he has sent out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

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    5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food for all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

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

    2And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

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

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    2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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    22Therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

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    4Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.

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    1Know this also, that in the last days perilous times will come.