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. Cross References Proverbs 25:14 Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given. Ezekiel 34:2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? Ezekiel 34:8 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead, Matthew 15:13 But Jesus replied, "Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots. 1 Corinthians 11:20 Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat. 1 Corinthians 11:21 For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk. Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. Hebrews 13:9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them. 2 Peter 2:13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. 2 Peter 2:17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. Treasury of Scripture These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit wither, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; are spots. 2 Peter 2:13,14 feasts. 1 Corinthians 11:21,22 feeding. Psalm 78:29-31 Isaiah 56:10-12 Ezekiel 34:8,18 clouds. Proverbs 25:14 Hosea 6:4 2 Peter 2:17 carried. Ephesians 4:14 trees. Psalm 1:3 Psalm 37:2 Matthew 13:6 twice. 1 Timothy 5:6 |
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