Acts 20:29 Cross References - ACV

²⁹ For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

²⁰ Lift up your eyes, and behold those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

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

² Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord LORD: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the sheep? ³ Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool. Ye kill the fatlings, but ye do not feed the sheep.

³ Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.

¹⁷ Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye. His arm shall be entirely dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

¹⁵ But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are predatory wolves.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

³ Go ye. Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.

¹² But the hired man, and not being the shepherd, whose sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.

¹ But false prophets also developed among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.