1 Peter 5:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

Cross References

2 Kings 12:6

But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not made good the damaged parts of the house.

Song of Solomon 1:8

If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

Isaiah 40:11

He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.

Isaiah 56:11

Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.

Isaiah 6:8

And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.

Isaiah 63:11

Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.

Jeremiah 13:20

Let your eyes be lifted up O Jerusalem, and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?

Jeremiah 6:13

For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.

Ezekiel 34:23

And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

Ezekiel 34:31

And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 46:24

And he said to me, These are the boiling-rooms, where the offering of the people is cooked by the servants of the house.

Micah 3:11

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

Micah 5:4

And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

Micah 7:14

Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.

Zechariah 11:17

A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.

Malachi 1:10

If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

Numbers 18:7

And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.

Luke 12:32

Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Acts 20:29

I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

Acts 21:13

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Romans 1:15

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

1 Timothy 3:3

Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

Titus 1:11

By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.

Titus 1:7

For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

Titus 3:1

Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

Philemon 1:14

But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

Hebrews 12:15

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

2 Peter 2:3

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.