Zechariah 11:15

15Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of aa foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 11:17

17 bWoe to my worthless shepherd,
cwho deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and dhis right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”

Malachi 2:7-9

7For ethe lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people
Hebrew they
should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8But you have turned aside from the way. gYou have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted hthe covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9and so iI make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but jshow partiality in your instruction.”

John 3:19-20

19 kAnd this is the judgment: lthe light has come into the world, and mpeople loved the darkness rather than the light because ntheir works were evil. 20 oFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, plest his works should be exposed.

John 9:39

39Jesus said, qFor judgment I came into this world, rthat those who do not see may see, and sthose who see may become blind.”

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

10and with all wicked deception for tthose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore uGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe vwhat is false, 12in order that all may be condemned wwho did not believe the truth but xhad pleasure in unrighteousness.

2 Timothy 3:8-9

8Just as yJannes and Jambres zopposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, aamen corrupted in mind and abdisqualified regarding the faith. 9But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, acas was that of those two men.

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