These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wi
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly th
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the cle
The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. Th
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that
Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neithe
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying a
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove the
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!”
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prosper
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Hol
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menserv
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like th
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is i
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctif
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merr
So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.