1 Peter 5:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily:

Cross References

Titus 1:7

For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:

Titus 3:1

Admonish them to be subject to princes and powers, to obey at a word, to be ready to every good work.

1 Timothy 3:3

Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who serveth as a soldier at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

2 Peter 2:3

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their perdition slumbereth not.

Hebrews 12:15

Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder, and by it many be defiled.

Ezekiel 34:31

And you my flocks, the flocks of my pasture are men: and I am the Lord your God, saith the Lord God.

Titus 1:11

Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

Luke 12:32

Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.

Zechariah 11:17

O shepherd, and idol, that forsaketh the flock: the sword upon his arm and upon his right eye: his arm shall quite wither away, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Micah 7:14

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad according to the days of old.

Micah 5:4

And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the height of the name of the Lord his God: and they shall be converted, for now shall he be magnified even to the ends of the earth.

Micah 3:11

Her princes have judged for bribes, and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

Ezekiel 34:23

AND I WILL SET UP ONE SHEPHERD OVER THEM, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride: weeping it shall weep, and my eyes shall run down the tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.

Jeremiah 6:13

For, from the least of them even to the greatest, all are given to covetousness: and from the prophet even to the priest, all are guilty of deceit.

Isaiah 63:11

And he remembered the days of old, of Moses and of his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put in the midst of them the spirit of his Holy One?

Isaiah 56:11

And meet impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding. All have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd. He shall gather together the lambs with his arm and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.

Isaiah 6:8

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I. Send me.

Song of Solomon 1:8

To my company of horsemen, in Pharao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my love.

Philemon 1:14

But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

Romans 1:15

So (as much as is in me) I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are at Rome.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, and said: What do you mean weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and see, you that come from the north. Where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully.

Numbers 18:7

But thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood. And all things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that are within the veil, shall be executed by the priests. If any stranger shall approach, he shall be slain.

Acts 20:29

I know that, after my departure, ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

2 Kings 12:6

Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas the priests did not make the repairs of the temple.

Ezekiel 46:24

And he said to me: This is the house of the kitchens wherein the ministers of the house of the Lord shall boil the victims of the people.