John 10:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ “And they shall by no means follow a stranger, but shall flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ They will never [on any account] follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers or recognize their call.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Common English Bible

⁵ They won’t follow a stranger but will run away because they don’t know the stranger’s voice.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

John 10:5 Cross References

1 Kings 22:7

And Yehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a prophet of יהוה  besides, that we might inquire of him?”

Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear discipline, And you shall stray from the words of knowledge.

Mark 4:24

And He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it shall be measured to you, and more shall be added to you who hear.

Luke 8:18

“Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever possesses, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not possess, even what he thinks he possesses shall be taken from him.”

John 10:16

“And other sheep I have which are not of this fold – I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

John 10:4

“And when he has brought out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

2 Timothy 4:3

For there shall be a time when they shall not bear sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they shall heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear,

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have stayed with us – but in order that it might be made manifest that none of them were of us.

1 John 2:21

I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth.

Revelation 2:2

“I know your works, and your labour, and your endurance, and that you are not able to bear evil ones, and have tried those who say they are emissaries and are not, and have found them false;