Ezekiel 13:3
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3 Thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen [a]nothing!
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- Ezekiel 13:3 No vision
Lamentations 2:14
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14 Your (A)prophets have seen for you
False and deceptive visions;
They have not (B)uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false (C)prophecies and delusions.
Hosea 9:7
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7 The (A)days of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a (B)fool,
(C)The spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
Jeremiah 23:28-32
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28 “The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream;
And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the Lord.
29 “Is not My word like a (A)fire?” says the Lord,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30 “Therefore behold, (B)I am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor. 31 Behold, I am (C)against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’ 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their (D)lies and by (E)their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not (F)profit this people at all,” says the Lord.
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Zechariah 11:15
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15 And the Lord said to me, (A)“Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.
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Ezekiel 34:2
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2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: (A)“Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
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Jeremiah 23:1
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The Branch of Righteousness
23 “Woe (A)to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.
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Proverbs 15:14
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14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
2 Timothy 3:9
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9 but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, (A)as theirs also was.
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1 Timothy 6:4
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4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,
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1 Corinthians 9:16
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16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for (A)necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!
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Luke 11:52
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52 (A)“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”
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Luke 11:42-47
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42 (A)“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and (B)pass by justice and the (C)love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 43 (D)Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the [a]best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 44 (E)Woe to you, [b]scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (F)For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”
45 Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”
46 And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! (G)For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 (H)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
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- Luke 11:43 Or places of honor
- Luke 11:44 NU omits scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites
Luke 11:40
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40 Foolish ones! Did not (A)He who made the outside make the inside also?
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Matthew 23:13-29
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13 “But (A)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14 [a]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (B)For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of [b]hell as yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, (C)blind guides, who say, (D)‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’ 17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold (E)or the temple that [c]sanctifies the gold? 18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift (F)or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore he who [d]swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by (G)Him who [e]dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by (H)the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (I)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and (J)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (K)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and [f]self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (L)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 (M)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [g]adorn the monuments of the righteous,
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- Matthew 23:14 NU omits v. 14.
- Matthew 23:15 Gr. Gehenna
- Matthew 23:17 NU sanctified
- Matthew 23:20 Swears an oath
- Matthew 23:21 M dwelt
- Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness
- Matthew 23:29 decorate
Ezekiel 13:18
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18 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the women who sew magic charms [a]on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you (A)hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive?
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- Ezekiel 13:18 Lit. over all the joints of My hands; Vg. under every elbow; LXX, Tg. on all elbows of the hands
Ezekiel 13:6-7
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6 (A)They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ But the Lord has (B)not sent them; yet they hope that the word may [a]be confirmed. 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, ‘The Lord says,’ but I have not spoken.”
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- Ezekiel 13:6 Come true
Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
(A)But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.
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