Acts 20:29

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I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:15 : 15 A Tree and Its Fruit“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
  • John 10:12 : 12 The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Persecution of Disciples“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
  • Luke 10:3 : 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.
  • Jer 13:20 : 20 Then I said,“Look up, Jerusalem, and see the enemy that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? Where now are the‘sheep’ that you take such pride in?
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 New Leaders over a Regathered Remnant The LORD says,“The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.
  • Ezek 34:2-3 : 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them– to the shepherds:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock? 3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!”

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    30Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

    31Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.

  • Acts 20:27-28
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    27For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

    28Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

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    15A Tree and Its Fruit“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

  • John 10:11-13
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    11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

    12The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

    13Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

    3And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.

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    16Persecution of Disciples“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

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    3Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.

  • Jer 23:1-2
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    2So the LORD God of Israel has this to say about the leaders who are ruling over his people:“You have caused my people to be dispersed and driven into exile. You have not taken care of them. So I will punish you for the evil that you have done. I, the LORD, affirm it!

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    17Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

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    16Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

  • Ezek 34:7-10
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    7“‘Therefore, you shepherds, listen to the LORD’s message:

    8As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,

    9Therefore, you shepherds, listen to the LORD’s message:

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    35The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

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

  • Jer 10:21
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    21For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the LORD’s advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    4When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

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    5They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.

  • 2 Pet 2:1-3
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    1The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

    2And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

    3And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

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    14since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.

    15Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.

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    16I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

  • John 10:8
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    8All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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    2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them– to the shepherds:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

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    22I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

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    4The LORD my God says this:“Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

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    15I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.

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    19As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!

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    25For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

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    22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

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