Ezekiel 34:4

Tree of Life Version

You do not strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring back the stray or seek the lost. Instead, you have ruled over them with force and cruelty.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:5

Where will you be struck again, as you stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 3:7

In that day he will protest, saying: “I’m no healer! In my house is no bread or cloak. Don’t make me a ruler of people!”

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are all blind. All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, dreamers lying down, lovers of slumber,

Jeremiah 22:13

Oy to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his roof-chambers by injustice, that makes his neighbor work without pay, never giving him his wages,

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Then why has no healing gone up for the daughter of my people?

Ezekiel 19:6

He prowled among the lions. He became a young lion, learned to catch prey, devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:7

He ravaged their widows and laid waste their cities. The land and all who were in it were terrified from his roaring.

Ezekiel 19:9

They put him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him in hunting nets. So his roar was no longer heard on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 34:16

“I will seek the lost, bring back the stray, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will tend them with justice.

Leviticus 25:43

You are not to rule over him with harshness, but fear your God.

Matthew 10:6

But go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 21:35

But grabbing his servants, the tenants beat up one, killed another, and stoned still another.

Matthew 24:49

and he begins to beat his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with drunkards,

Matthew 9:36

When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over you in matters of faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy—for in the faith you are standing firm.

Hebrews 12:12

Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble!