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LEADERS, RELIGIOUS
(A) PRIESTS
(1) General references to
Genesis 14:18; Exodus 18:1; Exodus 24:5; Joshua 3:6; 2 Chronicles 11:13; 2 Chronicles 29:16
(2) Laws in Regard to
Exodus 29:1; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 10:9; Leviticus 21:1; Ezra 7:24; Nehemiah 7:65
(3) Should be Holy
Exodus 19:22; Leviticus 10:3; Leviticus 21:6; Leviticus 22:9; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Isaiah 52:11
Malachi 2:7
(4) Corrupt Condemned. See LEADERS
(5) Idolatrous, examples of
Judges 17:5; 1 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 12:31; 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 10:11; 2 Kings 11:18
29:32; Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 7:15; Leviticus 8:31; Leviticus 10:12; Leviticus 10:17
Leviticus 24:9; Numbers 18:31
(8) Inheritance of
Numbers 18:20; Numbers 26:62; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 14:27; Deuteronomy 18:2
Joshua 13:14; Joshua 14:3; Joshua 18:7; Ezekiel 44:28; Ezekiel 45:4
(9) High Priests
Exodus 28:1; Leviticus 21:10; Zechariah 3:1; Hebrews 5:5; Hebrews 9:7
-- Garments of. See DRESS
(B) PROPHETS
(1) General References to
Numbers 12:6; 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Chronicles 36:16
Psalms 74:9; Psalms 105:15; Amos 3:7; Matthew 13:57; Matthew 23:37
--SEE Man of God, LEADERS
(2) Names of Persons spoken of as
Aaron
Exodus 7:1
Abraham
Genesis 20:7
Agabus
Acts 21:10
Ahijah
1 Kings 11:29
Amos
Amos 1:1
Balaam
Numbers 22:5
Daniel
Matthew 24:15
David
Matthew 13:35
Eldad
Numbers 11:26
Elijah
1 Kings 18:36
Elisha
1 Kings 19:16
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 1:3
Gad
1 Samuel 22:5
Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:1
Haggai
Ezra 5:1
Hananiah
Jeremiah 28:17
Hosea
Hosea 1:1
Iddo
2 Chronicles 13:22
Isaiah
2 Kings 19:2
Jehu
1 Kings 16:7
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:5
Joel
Joel 1:1
John the Baptist
Luke 7:28
Joshua
1 Kings 16:34
Jonah
2 Kings 14:25
Malachi
Malachi 1:1
Medad
Numbers 11:26
Micah
Jeremiah 26:18
Micaiah
1 Kings 22:8
Moses
Deuteronomy 34:10
Nahum
Nahum 1:1
Nathan
2 Samuel 7:2
Obadiah
Obadiah 1:1
Obed
2 Chronicles 28:9
Samuel
1 Samuel 3:20
Shemaiah
2 Chronicles 12:5
Zacharias
Luke 1:67
Zechariah
Zechariah 1:1
Zephaniah
Zephaniah 1:1
(3) False. SEE LEADERS
(4) Incognito
Judges 6:8; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Kings 13:11; 1 Kings 20:35
(5) Prophets in the Christian Church
Acts 11:27; Acts 13:1; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 14:29; Ephesians 4:11
--SEE Christian Teachers, TEACHERS, CHRISTIAN
(6) Called Seers
1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 25:5; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 16:7
2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 35:15
(7) Schools of
17:9; Daniel 1:4
-- Prophetesses. SEE Women, WOMEN
(C) MEN OF GOD
(1) Prophets and other Spiritual Men so called
Deuteronomy 33:1; Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Kings 12:22; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 20:28
2 Kings 1:9; 8:14; Jeremiah 35:4
1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 3:17
(2) Men raised up as Deliverers of Israel
Judges 2:16; Judges 3:9; Judges 3:31; Judges 9:17; Judges 13:5; 1 Samuel 9:16; Nehemiah 9:27
(3) Chosen Instruments to accomplish God's purposes
Haggai 2:23; John 15:16; Acts 9:15; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Corinthians 1:29
--SEE Divine Call (2), INVITATIONS
(4) Sent as Divine Messengers
Numbers 16:28; Isaiah 48:16; Jeremiah 25:4; Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 4:9; Matthew 22:3
Luke 1:19; John 1:6
--SEE Divine Call (2), INVITATIONS
(D) HUMBLE LEADERS, examples of
Moses
Exodus 3:11
Gideon
Judges 6:15
King Saul
1 Samuel 9:21
King David
1 Samuel 18:18
King Solomon
1 Kings 3:7
Isaiah
Isaiah 6:5
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:6
John the Baptist
Matthew 3:14
--SEE Humility (3), HUMILITY
(E) COURAGEOUS REFORMERS, rebuke sinful rulers
Nathan before King David
2 Samuel 12:7
Elijah before King Ahab
1 Kings 21:20
Micaiah before King Ahab
1 Kings 22:14
Elisha before King Jehoram
5:22
John the Baptist before Herod
Matthew 14:4
Peter and John before the Sanhedrin
Acts 4:18-20
Stephen before the Council
Acts 7:51
--SEE Sin Rebuked, DENUNCIATION of sin
THE INCORRUPTIBILITY OF, in Refusing Gifts
1 Kings 13:8; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Kings 5:16; Daniel 5:17
--SEE Temptation Resisted, TEMPTATION
(F) ELDERS
(1) Governmental
Exodus 3:16; Exodus 4:29; Exodus 19:7; Exodus 24:1; Joshua 23:2; Judges 21:16
Ruth 4:2; 1 Kings 21:8; Proverbs 31:23
(2) Jewish
Matthew 15:2; Matthew 21:23; Matthew 26:57; Mark 15:1; Acts 22:5
(3) Christian: SEE Church, CHURCH, THE
(G) APOSTLES
(1) General References to
Luke 17:5; Luke 22:14; Acts 1:13; Acts 1:26; 1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 2 Corinthians 11:5
Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 4:11; Revelation 21:14
(2) Names of
Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:16; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13
(3) Call Of to Special Work
Mark 1:17; Mark 1:20; Mark 2:14; Luke 6:13; John 1:43; Acts 22:21
--SEE Discipleship, DISCIPLESHIP
& DISCIPLESHIP
-- Heal. See 1540
-- Persecution of. See SUFFERING
(H) MINISTERS Select Readings for
Isaiah 56:10-12; Jeremiah 23:1-40; Ezekiel 3:17-21; Acts 20:17-35
1 Corinthians 2:1-16; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; 2 Corinthians 6:1-10; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; 1 Timothy 6:11-21
2 Timothy 2:1-20; 2 Timothy 4:1-8
(1) Divinely Appointed
2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 5:18; Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 1:23; 1 Timothy 1:12
2 Timothy 1:11
(2) The Spirit which should Actuate
Matthew 10:16; Matthew 20:26; Luke 22:26; Acts 20:24; 1 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 6:4
1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:24; 2 Timothy 4:5; 1 Peter 5:2
--SEE Feeding the Flock, LEADERS
(3) Characteristics of true
Matthew 10:16; Matthew 20:26; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:9
1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 4:12; 2 Timothy 2:1; 2 Timothy 3:17; Titus 1:7; Titus 2:7
--SEE Charges, LEADERS
(4) Duties of the Church to
Matthew 10:10; Romans 10:15; Romans 15:30; 1 Corinthians 16:16; Galatians 4:14; Philipians 2:29
:; 1 Timothy 5:17; Hebrews 13:7
(5) Support of. See LEADERS
& LEADERS
(6) Unfaithful. See LEADERS
-- Affliction of. See AFFLICTIONS
(I) WORK OF MINISTERS
(1) Preaching
(a) Examples of
Matthew 3:1; Matthew 9:35; Mark 16:20; Luke 9:6; Acts 28:31; Ephesians 2:17
1 Peter 3:19; 1 Peter 4:6; Revelation 14:6
--SEE Gospel Universal, GOSPEL
(b) Enjoined
Matthew 10:7; Matthew 10:27; Mark 16:15; Luke 9:2; Luke 9:60; Acts 5:20; 2 Timothy 4:2
(c) Christ the Theme of
Acts 4:2; Acts 8:5; Acts 8:35; Acts 9:20; Acts 10:36; Acts 17:3; 1 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 4:5
--SEE Gospel Universal, GOSPEL
(2) As Shepherds to Feed the Flock
Jeremiah 3:15; Jeremiah 23:4; Ezekiel 34:23; John 21:17; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2
--SEE God's Flock, CHURCH, THE
God's Sheep, SHEPHERD, CHRIST AS
(3) Spiritual Watchmen
Isaiah 62:6; Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Hebrews 13:17
(4) As Teachers of the Word
Matthew 28:20; 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:2; 2 Timothy 2:25
(J) SOLEMN CHARGES given
Moses to Joshua
Numbers 27:23; Deuteronomy 31:23
David to Solomon
1 Kings 2:1
Jehoshaphat to leaders of Judah
2 Chronicles 19:9
Christ to the Disciples
Matthew 10:5
Paul to the Ephesian Elders
Acts 20:28
Paul to Timothy
1 Timothy 5:21; 1 Timothy 6:13; 2 Timothy 4:1
--SEE Beware, WARNINGS
Take Heed, WARNINGS
Warnings, WARNINGS
(K) RESPONSIBILITY, OF
Select Reading.
Ezekiel 3:1-17
Ezekiel 33:6; 2 Corinthians 2:16; Hebrews 13:17; James 3:1
(L) SUPPORT OF
(1) Support of Priests under the Mosaic Law
Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 10:13; Leviticus 27:21; Numbers 3:48; Numbers 5:9; Numbers 18:9; Numbers 18:12; Numbers 18:21
Deuteronomy 18:3; 2 Kings 12:16
--SEE also Priests' Inheritance, LEADERS
(2) In the Christian Church
Matthew 10:10; 1 Corinthians 9:14; Galatians 6:6; Philipians 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:18
(3) Self-support as Practised by Paul
Acts 18:3; Acts 20:34; Acts 28:30; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8
(M) UNFAITHFUL MINISTERS, General References to
Isaiah 56:10; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 23:11; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 33:6
Micah 3:11; Philipians 1:15
(N) FALSE SHEPHERDS, characteristics of
Insentiate and Pleasure-loving
Isaiah 56:10-12
Scatter the Flock
Jeremiah 23:2
Lead the Sheep astray
Jeremiah 50:6
Prey upon the Flock instead of feeding it
Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 34:3; Zechariah 11:17
Hirelings forsake the Sheep
John 10:12
(O) FALSE PROPHETS, general references to
Deuteronomy 13:5; Deuteronomy 18:22; Isaiah 9:15; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:16
Ezekiel 13:2; Ezekiel 22:28; Hosea 9:7; Micah 3:5; Zephaniah 3:4; Zechariah 13:3
Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11; Mark 13:22
--SEE 2098
(P) FALSE TEACHERS, warnings against
Matthew 5:19; Matthew 15:9; 1 Timothy 1:7; 1 Timothy 4:2; 1 Timothy 6:3; 2 Timothy 4:3; Titus 1:11; 2 Peter 2:1
--SEE False Doctrine, DOCTRINE
(Q) CORRUPT PRIESTS
Jeremiah 5:31; Ezekiel 22:26; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:9; Micah 3:11; Zephaniah 3:4
Matthew 27:20; Matthew 27:41; Mark 15:11; John 19:6
(A) PRIESTS
(1) General references to
Genesis 14:18; Exodus 18:1; Exodus 24:5; Joshua 3:6; 2 Chronicles 11:13; 2 Chronicles 29:16
(2) Laws in Regard to
Exodus 29:1; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 10:9; Leviticus 21:1; Ezra 7:24; Nehemiah 7:65
(3) Should be Holy
Exodus 19:22; Leviticus 10:3; Leviticus 21:6; Leviticus 22:9; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Isaiah 52:11
Malachi 2:7
(4) Corrupt Condemned. See LEADERS
(5) Idolatrous, examples of
Judges 17:5; 1 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 12:31; 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 10:11; 2 Kings 11:18
29:32; Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 7:15; Leviticus 8:31; Leviticus 10:12; Leviticus 10:17
Leviticus 24:9; Numbers 18:31
(8) Inheritance of
Numbers 18:20; Numbers 26:62; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 14:27; Deuteronomy 18:2
Joshua 13:14; Joshua 14:3; Joshua 18:7; Ezekiel 44:28; Ezekiel 45:4
(9) High Priests
Exodus 28:1; Leviticus 21:10; Zechariah 3:1; Hebrews 5:5; Hebrews 9:7
-- Garments of. See DRESS
(B) PROPHETS
(1) General References to
Numbers 12:6; 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Chronicles 36:16
Psalms 74:9; Psalms 105:15; Amos 3:7; Matthew 13:57; Matthew 23:37
--SEE Man of God, LEADERS
(2) Names of Persons spoken of as
Aaron
Exodus 7:1
Abraham
Genesis 20:7
Agabus
Acts 21:10
Ahijah
1 Kings 11:29
Amos
Amos 1:1
Balaam
Numbers 22:5
Daniel
Matthew 24:15
David
Matthew 13:35
Eldad
Numbers 11:26
Elijah
1 Kings 18:36
Elisha
1 Kings 19:16
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 1:3
Gad
1 Samuel 22:5
Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:1
Haggai
Ezra 5:1
Hananiah
Jeremiah 28:17
Hosea
Hosea 1:1
Iddo
2 Chronicles 13:22
Isaiah
2 Kings 19:2
Jehu
1 Kings 16:7
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:5
Joel
Joel 1:1
John the Baptist
Luke 7:28
Joshua
1 Kings 16:34
Jonah
2 Kings 14:25
Malachi
Malachi 1:1
Medad
Numbers 11:26
Micah
Jeremiah 26:18
Micaiah
1 Kings 22:8
Moses
Deuteronomy 34:10
Nahum
Nahum 1:1
Nathan
2 Samuel 7:2
Obadiah
Obadiah 1:1
Obed
2 Chronicles 28:9
Samuel
1 Samuel 3:20
Shemaiah
2 Chronicles 12:5
Zacharias
Luke 1:67
Zechariah
Zechariah 1:1
Zephaniah
Zephaniah 1:1
(3) False. SEE LEADERS
(4) Incognito
Judges 6:8; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Kings 13:11; 1 Kings 20:35
(5) Prophets in the Christian Church
Acts 11:27; Acts 13:1; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 14:29; Ephesians 4:11
--SEE Christian Teachers, TEACHERS, CHRISTIAN
(6) Called Seers
1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 25:5; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 16:7
2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 35:15
(7) Schools of
17:9; Daniel 1:4
-- Prophetesses. SEE Women, WOMEN
(C) MEN OF GOD
(1) Prophets and other Spiritual Men so called
Deuteronomy 33:1; Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Kings 12:22; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 20:28
2 Kings 1:9; 8:14; Jeremiah 35:4
1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 3:17
(2) Men raised up as Deliverers of Israel
Judges 2:16; Judges 3:9; Judges 3:31; Judges 9:17; Judges 13:5; 1 Samuel 9:16; Nehemiah 9:27
(3) Chosen Instruments to accomplish God's purposes
Haggai 2:23; John 15:16; Acts 9:15; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Corinthians 1:29
--SEE Divine Call (2), INVITATIONS
(4) Sent as Divine Messengers
Numbers 16:28; Isaiah 48:16; Jeremiah 25:4; Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 4:9; Matthew 22:3
Luke 1:19; John 1:6
--SEE Divine Call (2), INVITATIONS
(D) HUMBLE LEADERS, examples of
Moses
Exodus 3:11
Gideon
Judges 6:15
King Saul
1 Samuel 9:21
King David
1 Samuel 18:18
King Solomon
1 Kings 3:7
Isaiah
Isaiah 6:5
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:6
John the Baptist
Matthew 3:14
--SEE Humility (3), HUMILITY
(E) COURAGEOUS REFORMERS, rebuke sinful rulers
Nathan before King David
2 Samuel 12:7
Elijah before King Ahab
1 Kings 21:20
Micaiah before King Ahab
1 Kings 22:14
Elisha before King Jehoram
5:22
John the Baptist before Herod
Matthew 14:4
Peter and John before the Sanhedrin
Acts 4:18-20
Stephen before the Council
Acts 7:51
--SEE Sin Rebuked, DENUNCIATION of sin
THE INCORRUPTIBILITY OF, in Refusing Gifts
1 Kings 13:8; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Kings 5:16; Daniel 5:17
--SEE Temptation Resisted, TEMPTATION
(F) ELDERS
(1) Governmental
Exodus 3:16; Exodus 4:29; Exodus 19:7; Exodus 24:1; Joshua 23:2; Judges 21:16
Ruth 4:2; 1 Kings 21:8; Proverbs 31:23
(2) Jewish
Matthew 15:2; Matthew 21:23; Matthew 26:57; Mark 15:1; Acts 22:5
(3) Christian: SEE Church, CHURCH, THE
(G) APOSTLES
(1) General References to
Luke 17:5; Luke 22:14; Acts 1:13; Acts 1:26; 1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 2 Corinthians 11:5
Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 4:11; Revelation 21:14
(2) Names of
Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:16; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13
(3) Call Of to Special Work
Mark 1:17; Mark 1:20; Mark 2:14; Luke 6:13; John 1:43; Acts 22:21
--SEE Discipleship, DISCIPLESHIP
& DISCIPLESHIP
-- Heal. See 1540
-- Persecution of. See SUFFERING
(H) MINISTERS Select Readings for
Isaiah 56:10-12; Jeremiah 23:1-40; Ezekiel 3:17-21; Acts 20:17-35
1 Corinthians 2:1-16; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23; 2 Corinthians 6:1-10; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; 1 Timothy 6:11-21
2 Timothy 2:1-20; 2 Timothy 4:1-8
(1) Divinely Appointed
2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 5:18; Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 1:23; 1 Timothy 1:12
2 Timothy 1:11
(2) The Spirit which should Actuate
Matthew 10:16; Matthew 20:26; Luke 22:26; Acts 20:24; 1 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 6:4
1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:24; 2 Timothy 4:5; 1 Peter 5:2
--SEE Feeding the Flock, LEADERS
(3) Characteristics of true
Matthew 10:16; Matthew 20:26; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:9
1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 4:12; 2 Timothy 2:1; 2 Timothy 3:17; Titus 1:7; Titus 2:7
--SEE Charges, LEADERS
(4) Duties of the Church to
Matthew 10:10; Romans 10:15; Romans 15:30; 1 Corinthians 16:16; Galatians 4:14; Philipians 2:29
:; 1 Timothy 5:17; Hebrews 13:7
(5) Support of. See LEADERS
& LEADERS
(6) Unfaithful. See LEADERS
-- Affliction of. See AFFLICTIONS
(I) WORK OF MINISTERS
(1) Preaching
(a) Examples of
Matthew 3:1; Matthew 9:35; Mark 16:20; Luke 9:6; Acts 28:31; Ephesians 2:17
1 Peter 3:19; 1 Peter 4:6; Revelation 14:6
--SEE Gospel Universal, GOSPEL
(b) Enjoined
Matthew 10:7; Matthew 10:27; Mark 16:15; Luke 9:2; Luke 9:60; Acts 5:20; 2 Timothy 4:2
(c) Christ the Theme of
Acts 4:2; Acts 8:5; Acts 8:35; Acts 9:20; Acts 10:36; Acts 17:3; 1 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 4:5
--SEE Gospel Universal, GOSPEL
(2) As Shepherds to Feed the Flock
Jeremiah 3:15; Jeremiah 23:4; Ezekiel 34:23; John 21:17; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2
--SEE God's Flock, CHURCH, THE
God's Sheep, SHEPHERD, CHRIST AS
(3) Spiritual Watchmen
Isaiah 62:6; Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Hebrews 13:17
(4) As Teachers of the Word
Matthew 28:20; 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:2; 2 Timothy 2:25
(J) SOLEMN CHARGES given
Moses to Joshua
Numbers 27:23; Deuteronomy 31:23
David to Solomon
1 Kings 2:1
Jehoshaphat to leaders of Judah
2 Chronicles 19:9
Christ to the Disciples
Matthew 10:5
Paul to the Ephesian Elders
Acts 20:28
Paul to Timothy
1 Timothy 5:21; 1 Timothy 6:13; 2 Timothy 4:1
--SEE Beware, WARNINGS
Take Heed, WARNINGS
Warnings, WARNINGS
(K) RESPONSIBILITY, OF
Select Reading.
Ezekiel 3:1-17
Ezekiel 33:6; 2 Corinthians 2:16; Hebrews 13:17; James 3:1
(L) SUPPORT OF
(1) Support of Priests under the Mosaic Law
Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 10:13; Leviticus 27:21; Numbers 3:48; Numbers 5:9; Numbers 18:9; Numbers 18:12; Numbers 18:21
Deuteronomy 18:3; 2 Kings 12:16
--SEE also Priests' Inheritance, LEADERS
(2) In the Christian Church
Matthew 10:10; 1 Corinthians 9:14; Galatians 6:6; Philipians 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:18
(3) Self-support as Practised by Paul
Acts 18:3; Acts 20:34; Acts 28:30; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8
(M) UNFAITHFUL MINISTERS, General References to
Isaiah 56:10; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 23:11; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 33:6
Micah 3:11; Philipians 1:15
(N) FALSE SHEPHERDS, characteristics of
Insentiate and Pleasure-loving
Isaiah 56:10-12
Scatter the Flock
Jeremiah 23:2
Lead the Sheep astray
Jeremiah 50:6
Prey upon the Flock instead of feeding it
Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 34:3; Zechariah 11:17
Hirelings forsake the Sheep
John 10:12
(O) FALSE PROPHETS, general references to
Deuteronomy 13:5; Deuteronomy 18:22; Isaiah 9:15; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:16
Ezekiel 13:2; Ezekiel 22:28; Hosea 9:7; Micah 3:5; Zephaniah 3:4; Zechariah 13:3
Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11; Mark 13:22
--SEE 2098
(P) FALSE TEACHERS, warnings against
Matthew 5:19; Matthew 15:9; 1 Timothy 1:7; 1 Timothy 4:2; 1 Timothy 6:3; 2 Timothy 4:3; Titus 1:11; 2 Peter 2:1
--SEE False Doctrine, DOCTRINE
(Q) CORRUPT PRIESTS
Jeremiah 5:31; Ezekiel 22:26; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:9; Micah 3:11; Zephaniah 3:4
Matthew 27:20; Matthew 27:41; Mark 15:11; John 19:6