Acts 20:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.”
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“I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 20:29 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 13:20Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
- Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
- 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?
- Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
- Zechariah 11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd,who deserts the flock!May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm be completely witheredand his right eye utterly blinded!”
- Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Luke 10:3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
- John 10:12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
- Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
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