Ezekiel 34:4 Cross References
Ezekiel 34:4
4: You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the broken bones. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with force and cruelty.
Matthew 18:12
- "If a shepherd has one hundred sheep, and one wanders away and is lost, what will he do? Won't he leave the ninety-nine others and go out into the hills to search for the lost one?
- And if he finds it, he will surely rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn't wander away!
Ezekiel 34:16
- I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes--feed them justice!
Exodus 1:13
- and decided to make their slavery more bitter still.
- They were ruthless with the Israelites, forcing them to make bricks and mortar and to work long hours in the fields.
Matthew 9:36
- He felt great pity for the crowds that came, because their problems were so great and they didn't know where to go for help. They were like sheep without a shepherd.
Zechariah 11:15
- Then the LORD said to me, "Go again and play the part of a worthless shepherd.
- This will illustrate how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for the sheep that are threatened by death, nor look after the young, nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.
Matthew 10:6
- but only to the people of Israel--God's lost sheep.
Jeremiah 22:13
- And the LORD says, "Destruction is certain for Jehoiakim, who builds his palace with forced labor. By not paying wages, he builds injustice into its walls and oppression into its doorframes and ceilings.
Revelation 17:5
- A mysterious name was written on her forehead: "Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World."
- I could see that she was drunk--drunk with the blood of God's holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her completely amazed.
Jeremiah 8:22
- Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?
Hebrews 12:12
- So take a new grip with your tired hands and stand firm on your shaky legs.
James 5:1
- Look here, you rich people, weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
- Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.
- Your gold and silver have become worthless. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh in hell. This treasure you have accumulated will stand as evidence against you on the day of judgment.
- For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
- You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every whim. Now your hearts are nice and fat, ready for the slaughter.
Matthew 21:35
- But the farmers grabbed his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
Isaiah 56:10
- For the leaders of my people--the LORD's watchmen, his shepherds--are blind to every danger. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
Luke 15:4
- "If you had one hundred sheep, and one of them strayed away and was lost in the wilderness, wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine others to go and search for the lost one until you found it?
- And then you would joyfully carry it home on your shoulders.
- When you arrived, you would call together your friends and neighbors to rejoice with you because your lost sheep was found.
1 Peter 5:2
- Care for the flock of God entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly--not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God.
- Don't lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your good example.
Revelation 13:14
- And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.
- He was permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.
- He required everyone--great and small, rich and poor, slave and free--to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.
- And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.
Matthew 24:49
- and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk--
2 Corinthians 1:24
- But that does not mean we want to tell you exactly how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy as you stand firm in your faith.