Zechariah 11:5

New American Bible - revised edition

For they who buy them slay them and are not held accountable; while those who sell them say, “Blessed be the Lord, I have become rich!” Even their own shepherds will not pity them.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

A certain woman, the widow of one of the guild prophets, cried out to Elisha: “My husband, your servant, is dead. You know that he revered the Lord, yet now his creditor has come to take my two children into servitude.”

Nehemiah 5:8

saying to them: “As far as we were able, we bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to Gentiles; you, however, are selling your own kindred, to have them bought back by us.” They remained silent, for they could find no answer.

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was dedicated to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest; All who ate of it were held guilty, evil befell them—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:7

Whoever happened upon them devoured them; their enemies said, “We are not guilty, Because they sinned against the Lord, the abode of justice, the hope of their ancestors.”

Ezekiel 34:10

Thus says the Lord God: Look! I am coming against these shepherds. I will take my sheep out of their hand and put a stop to their shepherding my flock, so that these shepherds will no longer pasture them. I will deliver my flock from their mouths so it will not become their food.

Ezekiel 34:21

Because you push with flank and shoulder, and butt all the weak sheep with your horns until you drive them off,

Ezekiel 34:6

and wandered over all the mountains and high hills; over the entire surface of the earth my sheep were scattered. No one looked after them or searched for them.

Hosea 12:8

A merchant who holds a false balance, he loves to extort!

Hosea 12:9

Ephraim has said, “How rich I have become; I have made a fortune!” All his gain will not suffice for the guilt of his sin.

Amos 2:6

Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they hand over the just for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals;

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. [

John 10:1

“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.

John 16:2

They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. Lessons from the Past.

Revelation 18:13

cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human beings.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, ‘I am rich and affluent and have no need of anything,’ and yet do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.