[Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV] {3} And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

[2 Timothy 2:15 ESV] {15} Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

[Eze 1:1-3 ESV] {1} In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. {2} On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin), {3} the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the LORD was upon him there.

[Eze 1:2 ESV] {2} On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin),

[Eze 2:1-10 ESV] {1} And he said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” {2} And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. {3} And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. {4} The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD.’ {5} And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them. {6} And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. {7} And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house. {8} “But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.” {9} And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. {10} And he spread it before me. And it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.

[Eze 3:1-11 ESV] {1} And he said to me, “Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” {2} So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat. {3} And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey. {4} And he said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them. {5} For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel– {6} not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you. {7} But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. {8} Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. {9} Like emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.” {10} Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. {11} And go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ whether they hear or refuse to hear.”

[Eze 3:16-21 ESV] {16} And at the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me: {17} “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. {18} If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. {19} But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul. {20} Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand. {21} But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”

[Eze 24:1-2 ESV] {1} In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: {2} “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

[Matthew 4:4 ESV] {4} But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

[Romans 15:4 ESV] {4} For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

[1 Corinthians 10:6-11 ESV] {6} Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. {7} Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” {8} We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. {9} We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, {10} nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. {11} Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

[Psalm 119:102 ESV] {102} I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me.

[Daniel 9:24 ESV] {24} “Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.

[Jeremiah 10:21 ESV] {21} For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

[Jeremiah 23:1-6 ESV] {1} “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD. {2} Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD. {3} Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. {4} I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the LORD. {5} “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. {6} In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’

[Jeremiah 25:30-38 ESV] {30} “You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: “‘The LORD will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. {31} The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, declares the LORD.’ {32} “Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, disaster is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth! {33} “And those pierced by the LORD on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground. {34} “Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel. {35} No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock. {36} A voice–the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the LORD is laying waste their pasture, {37} and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the LORD. {38} Like a lion he has left his lair, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.”

[Jeremiah 50:6-7 ESV] {6} “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. {7} All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

[Jeremiah 3:12-18 ESV] {12} Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, “‘Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever. {13} Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the LORD your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice, declares the LORD. {14} Return, O faithless children, declares the LORD; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. {15} “‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. {16} And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the LORD, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the LORD.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again. {17} At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the LORD, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart. {18} In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.

[Matthew 2:4-6 ESV] {4} and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. {5} They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: {6} “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

[Micah 5:2 ESV] {2} But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

[John 10:11-18 ESV] {11} I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. {12} He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. {13} He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. {14} I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, {15} just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. {16} And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. {17} For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. {18} No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

[John 10:24-30 ESV] {24} So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” {25} Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, {26} but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. {27} My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. {28} I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. {29} My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. {30} I and the Father are one.”

[Matthew 26:31-33 ESV] {31} Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ {32} But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” {33} Peter answered him, “Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.”

[Zechariah 13:7 ESV] {7} “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the LORD of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

[Hebrews 13:20-21 ESV] {20} Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, {21} equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

[Psalm 119:38 ESV] {38} Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared.

[Acts 20:17-32 ESV] {17} Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. {18} And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, {19} serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; {20} how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, {21} testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. {22} And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, {23} except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. {24} But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. {25} And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. {26} Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, {27} for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. {28} Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. {29} I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; {30} and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. {31} Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. {32} And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.