The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remain
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Ti
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying a
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.