Acts 20:29

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:15 : 15 `But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
  • John 10:12 : 12 and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 `Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
  • Luke 10:3 : 3 `Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;
  • Jer 13:20 : 20 Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where `is' the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Ezek 34:2-3 : 2 `Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo `to' the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed? 3 The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her heads in her midst `are' roaring lions, Her judges `are' evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 Wo `to' the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword `is' on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'

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    11 `I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

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  • Jer 23:1-2
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    1 Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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    7 Therefore, shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

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    4 and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

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    1 And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,

    2 and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,

    3 and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.

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  • 8 all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

  • 2 `Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo `to' the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?

  • 22 And I have given safety to My flock, And they are not any more for prey, And I have judged between sheep and sheep.

  • 4 Thus said Jehovah my God: `Feed the flock of the slaughter,

  • 15 And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

  • 19 And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?

  • 25 for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

  • 22 `And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,

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