Isaiah 56:10-11
10 aHis watchmen are blind;they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent bdogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 cThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But dthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
eeach to his own gain, one and all.
Jeremiah 8:10
10 fTherefore I will give their wives to othersand their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone gis greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Ezekiel 13:19
19You have profaned me among my people hfor handfuls of barley iand for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.Micah 3:5
5 Thus says the Lord concerning jthe prophetswho lead my people astray,
kwho cry “Peace”
when they have something to eat,
but declare war against him
who puts nothing into their mouths.
Micah 3:11
11 lIts heads give judgment for a bribe;mits priests teach for a price;
nits prophets practice divination for money;
oyet they lean on the Lord and psay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
qNo disaster shall come upon us.”
John 10:12
12He who is ra hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and sleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and tscatters them.1 Timothy 6:5
5and constant friction among people uwho are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, vimagining that godliness is a means of gain.Titus 1:7
7For an overseer, ▼▼Or bishop; Greek episkopos
xas God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not ybe arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent zor greedy for gain,
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