Zechariah 11:5

New Century Version

Their buyers kill them and are not punished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich.’ Even the shepherds don’t feel sorry for their sheep.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

The wife of a man from the groups of prophets said to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead. You know he honored the Lord. But now the man he owes money to is coming to take my two boys as his slaves!”

Nehemiah 5:8

I said to them, “As much as possible, we have bought freedom for our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Now you are selling your fellow Jews to us!” The leaders were quiet and had nothing to say.

Jeremiah 2:3

The people of Israel were holy to the Lord, like the first fruits from his harvest. Those who tried to hurt Israel were judged guilty. Disasters struck them,’ ” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:7

Whoever saw my people hurt them. And those enemies said, ‘We did nothing wrong. Those people sinned against the Lord, their true resting place, the God their fathers trusted.’

Ezekiel 34:10

This is what the Lord God says: I am against the shepherds. I will blame them for what has happened to my sheep and will not let them tend the flock anymore. Then the shepherds will stop feeding themselves, and I will take my flock from their mouths so they will no longer be their food.

Ezekiel 34:21

You push with your side and with your shoulder, and you knock down all the weak sheep with your horns until you have forced them away.

Ezekiel 34:6

My flock wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered all over the face of the earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

Hosea 12:8

Israel said, “I am rich! I am someone with power!” All their money will do them no good because of the sins they have done.

Hosea 12:9

“But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again as you used to do on worship days.

Amos 2:6

This is what the Lord says: “For the many crimes of Israel, I will punish them. For silver, they sell people who have done nothing wrong; they sell the poor to buy a pair of sandals.

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop others who are trying to enter. [

John 10:1

Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, the person who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

John 16:2

People will put you out of their synagogues. Yes, the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are offering service to God.

2 Peter 2:3

Those false teachers only want your money, so they will use you by telling you lies. Their judgment spoken against them long ago is still coming, and their ruin is certain.

Revelation 18:13

cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves, and human lives.

Revelation 3:17

You say, ‘I am rich, and I have become wealthy and do not need anything.’ But you do not know that you are really miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.