| Jeremiah 23 1 |
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. |
| Jeremiah 23 2 |
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. |
| Jeremiah 12 10 |
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. |
| Jeremiah 22 22 |
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. |
| Jeremiah 17 16 |
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. |
| Jeremiah 3 15 |
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. |
| Mark 10 43 |
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: |
| Matthew 20 26 |
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; |
| 2 Corinthians 11 13 |
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. |
| 1 Peter 4 11 |
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. |
| Hosea 5 6 |
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. |
| Jeremiah 25 36 |
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. |
| 1 Corinthians 9 14 |
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. |
| Jeremiah 2 8 |
The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. |
| 1 Corinthians 9 16 |
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! |
| Numbers 27 17 |
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. |
| Jeremiah 23 4 |
And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. |
| Hebrews 6 10 |
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. |
| 2 Corinthians 11 15 |
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. |
| Joel 2 17 |
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? |
| Colossians 1 23 |
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; |
| Luke 3 12 |
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? |
| 2 Samuel 19 7 |
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. |
| Zechariah 10 2 |
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. |
| Proverbs 11 28 |
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. |
| Isaiah 61 6 |
But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. |
| Isaiah 40 11 |
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. |
| Matthew 18 17 |
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. |
| 1 Timothy 3 1 |
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. |
| Ezekiel 44 11 |
Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. |
| Hosea 4 4 |
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. |
| Jeremiah 25 35 |
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. |
| 1 Peter 2 25 |
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. |
| Revelation 3 22 |
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. |
| Hosea 10 2 |
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. |
| Ezekiel 34 12 |
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. |
| Nahum 1 11 |
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. |
| Psalms 10 17 |
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: |
| Psalms 12 1 |
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. |
| Proverbs 28 25 |
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. |
| 1 Timothy 3 8 |
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; |
| Ezekiel 34 8 |
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; |
| 1 Corinthians 7 17 |
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. |
| Psalms 69 32 |
The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. |
| Isaiah 9 17 |
Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. |
| Ezekiel 44 16 |
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. |
| 1 Corinthians 1 26 |
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: |