Isa 56:10-12, Eze 34:2-6, Zec 11:16-17, Joh 10:3, 1Ti 3:3, 8, 2Ti 4:10 | ESV | STEP | His watchmen are blind ; they are all without knowledge ; they are all silent dogs ; they cannot bark , dreaming , lying down , loving to slumber .

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.
12 ^f“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
^gand tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”

Ezekiel 34:2-6

2 ^h“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: ⁱAh, shepherds of Israel ^jwho have been feeding yourselves! ^kShould not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 ^lYou eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, ^myou slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. 4 ⁿThe weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, ^othe injured you have not bound up, ^pthe strayed you have not brought back, ^qthe lost you have not sought, and with force and ^rharshness you have ruled them. 5 ^sSo they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and ^tthey became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; 6 they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, ^uwith none to search or seek for them.

Zechariah 11:16-17

16 For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd ^vwho does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but ^wdevours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.

17 ^x“Woe to my worthless shepherd,
^ywho deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and ^zhis right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”

John 10:3

3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

1 Timothy 3:3

3 not a drunkard, not violent but ^aagentle, not quarrelsome, ^abnot a lover of money.

1 Timothy 3:8

Qualifications for Deacons

8 ^acDeacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, ^{▼▼Or devious in speech} ^aenot addicted to much wine, ^afnot greedy for dishonest gain.

2 Timothy 4:10

10 For ^agDemas, ^ahin love with ^aithis present world, ^ajhas deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Gaul} ^alTitus to Dalmatia.