Jude 1:12 Cross References
Jude 1:12
12: When these people join you in fellowship meals celebrating the love of the Lord, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you. They are shameless in the way they care only about themselves. They are like clouds blowing over dry land without giving rain, promising much but producing nothing. They are like trees without fruit at harvesttime. They are not only dead but doubly dead, for they have been pulled out by the roots.
Matthew 15:13
- Jesus replied, "Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be rooted up,
Ezekiel 34:8
- As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. Though you were my shepherds, you didn't search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.
Proverbs 25:14
- A person who doesn't give a promised gift is like clouds and wind that don't bring rain.
Ephesians 4:14
- Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or because someone has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth.
2 Peter 2:17
- These people are as useless as dried-up springs of water or as clouds blown away by the wind--promising much and delivering nothing. They are doomed to blackest darkness.
- They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With lustful desire as their bait, they lure back into sin those who have just escaped from such wicked living.
- They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves to sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.
- And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before.
Philippians 3:19
- Their future is eternal destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and all they think about is this life here on earth.
John 15:4
- Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me.
- "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
- Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
1 Corinthians 11:20
- It's not the Lord's Supper you are concerned about when you come together.
- For I am told that some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk.
- What? Is this really true? Don't you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace the church of God and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say about these things? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly do not!
1 Thessalonians 5:6
- So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be sober.
- Night is the time for sleep and the time when people get drunk.
Luke 21:34
- "Watch out! Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life. Don't let that day catch you unaware,
Hebrews 6:4
- For it is impossible to restore to repentance those who were once enlightened--those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit,
- who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come--
- and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people to repentance again because they are nailing the Son of God to the cross again by rejecting him, holding him up to public shame.
- When the ground soaks up the rain that falls on it and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has the blessing of God.
- But if a field bears thistles and thorns, it is useless. The farmer will condemn that field and burn it.
Matthew 21:19
- and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs on it, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" And immediately the fig tree withered up.
- The disciples were amazed when they saw this and asked, "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?"
Luke 12:19
- And I'll sit back and say to myself, My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!'
- "But God said to him, 'You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get it all?'
Luke 8:6
- Other seed fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. This seed began to grow, but soon it withered and died for lack of moisture.
Matthew 13:6
- but they soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the roots had no nourishment in the shallow soil.
Psalms 78:29
- The people ate their fill. He gave them what they wanted.
- But before they finished eating this food they had craved, while the meat was yet in their mouths,
- the anger of God rose against them, and he killed their strongest men; he struck down the finest of Israel's young men.
Ezekiel 34:2
- "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: Destruction is certain for you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn't shepherds feed their sheep?
Luke 12:45
- But if the servant thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,' and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk--
Hosea 6:4
- "O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?" asks the LORD. "For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.
2 Peter 2:13
- Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They revel in deceitfulness while they feast with you.
- They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed.
James 5:5
- You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every whim. Now your hearts are nice and fat, ready for the slaughter.
Ezekiel 34:10
- This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, along with their right to feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.
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.
- And they are as greedy as dogs, never satisfied. They are stupid shepherds, all following their own path, all of them intent on personal gain.
- "Come," they say. "We will get some wine and have a party. Let's all get drunk. Let this go on and on, and tomorrow will be even better."
Mark 11:20
- The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it was withered from the roots.
- Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed, "Look, Teacher! The fig tree you cursed has withered!"
Ezekiel 34:18
- Is it not enough for you to keep the best of the pastures for yourselves? Must you also trample down the rest? Is it not enough for you to take the best water for yourselves? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
1 Timothy 5:6
- But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead.
Psalms 1:3
- They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper.
Mark 4:6
- but it soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the roots had no nourishment in the shallow soil.
2 Chronicles 7:20
- then I will uproot the people of Israel from this land of mine that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have set apart to honor my name. I will make it a spectacle of contempt among the nations.
Ezekiel 17:9
- "So now the Sovereign LORD asks: Should I let this vine grow and prosper? No! I will pull it out, roots and all! I will cut off its fruit and let its leaves wither and die. I will pull it out easily enough--it won't take a strong arm or a large army to do it.
Luke 16:19
- Jesus said, "There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed and who lived each day in luxury.
Psalms 37:2
- For like grass, they soon fade away. Like springtime flowers, they soon wither.