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 nothing!
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Jeremiah 23:28-32
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28 (A)Let the prophet who has a dream (B)tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. (C)What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord. 29 (D)Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and (E)like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30 (F)Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my words from one another. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the Lord.’ 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and (G)lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when (H)I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.
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Hosea 9:7
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7 (A)The days of punishment have come;
the days of recompense have come;
Israel shall know it.
(B)The prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
and great hatred.
Zechariah 11:15
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15 Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of (A)a foolish shepherd.
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Ezekiel 34:2
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2 (A)“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: (B)Ah, shepherds of Israel (C)who have been feeding yourselves! (D)Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
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Jeremiah 23:1
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The Righteous Branch
23 (A)“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord.
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2 Timothy 3:9
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9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, (A)as was that of those two men.
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1 Timothy 6:4
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4 (A)he is puffed up with conceit and (B)understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for (C)controversy and for (D)quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,
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1 Corinthians 9:16
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16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For (A)necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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Luke 11:52
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52 Woe to you (A)lawyers! (B)For you have taken away the key of (C)knowledge. You (D)did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”
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Luke 11:42-47
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42 (A)“But woe to you Pharisees! For (B)you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect (C)justice and (D)the love of God. (E)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For (F)you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you! (G)For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”
45 One of (H)the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” 46 And he said, “Woe to you (I)lawyers also! For (J)you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 (K)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
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Luke 11:40
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40 (A)You fools! (B)Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
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Matthew 23:13-29
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13 “But woe (A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[a] 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single (D)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a (E)child of (F)hell[b] as yourselves.
16 “Woe to (G)you, (H)blind guides, who say, (I)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or (J)the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by (K)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or (L)the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by (M)him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by (N)heaven swears by (O)the throne of God and by (P)him who sits upon it.
23 (Q)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (R)you tithe mint and dill and (S)cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: (T)justice and mercy and faithfulness. (U)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing (V)a camel!
25 (W)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (X)you clean the outside of (Y)the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of (Z)greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of (AA)the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 (AB)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like (AC)whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and (AD)all uncleanness. 28 So you also (AE)outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of (AF)hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 (AG)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
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- Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation
- Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33
Ezekiel 13:18
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18 and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women (A)who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and (B)make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in (C)the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive?
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Ezekiel 13:6-7
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6 (A)They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘Declares the Lord,’ (B)when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word. 7 Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, (C)whenever you have said, ‘Declares the Lord,’ although I have not spoken?”
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Proverbs 15:14
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14 (A)The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but (A)the mouths of fools pour out folly.
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