Ephesians 5:21-24
subjecting yourselves to each other in the fear of Elohim.
22 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to
the Master.
23 Because the husband is head of the wife, as also the
Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Saviour of the
body.
24 But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let
the wives be to their own husbands in every respect.
1 Corinthians 11:3
And I want you to know that the head of every man is the
Messiah, and the head of woman is the man, and the head
of Messiah is Elohim.
Colossians 1:18
And He is the Head of the body, the assembly, who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that He might
become the One who is first in all.
Colossians 3:18
Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as is
proper in the Master.
1 Kepha 3:1-9
In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands,
so that if any are disobedient to the Word, they,
without a word, might be won by the behavior of their
wives,
2 having seen your blameless behavior in fear.
3 Your adornment should not be outward – arranging the
hair, wearing gold, or putting on dresses –
4 but the hidden Man of the heart, with the
incorruptible ornament of a meek and peaceable spirit,
which is of great value before Elohim.
5 For in this way, in former times, the set-apart women
who trusted in Elohim also adorned themselves, being
subject to their own husbands,
6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him master, of whom
you became children, doing tov, and not frightened by
any fear.
7 In the same way, husbands, live understandingly
together, giving respect to the wife, as to the weaker
vessel, and as being heirs together of the kindness of
life, so that your prayers are not hindered.
8 To sum up, let all of you be like-minded, sympathetic,
loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble-minded,
9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling,
but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were
called to this, in order to inherit a blessing.
Titus 2:3-5
The older women likewise are to be set-apart in
behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine,
teachers of what is tov,
4 in order for them to train the young women to love
their husbands, to love their children,
5 to be sensible, blameless, workers at home, tov,
subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of
Elohim is not evil spoken of.
1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I entrust to you, son Timothy, according to
the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by
them you might wage the tov campaign,
2 Timothy 4:3
For there shall be a time when they shall not bear sound
teaching, but according to their own desires, they shall
heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear
YeshaYahu 30:10
Who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us what
is smooth, prophesy deceits.
Acts 20:28
“Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock,
among which the Set-apart Spirit has made you overseers,
to shepherd the assembly of Elohim which He has
purchased with His own blood.
Romans 12:6
Now having different gifts, according to the kindness
which was given to us, let us use them accordingly:
if prophecy, according to the proportion of belief;
1 Corinthians 13:2
2And if I have prophecy, and know all secrets and all
knowledge, and if I have all belief, so as to remove
mountains, but do not have love, I am none at all.
1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given
to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of
the elderhood.
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of Elohim are not to be
repented of.
1 Corinthians 12:5, 28
5 There are different kinds of services, but the same
Master.
28 And Elohim has appointed these in the assembly:
firstly emissaries, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers,
after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps,
ministrations, kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 7:17
Only, as Elohim has distributed to each one, as the
Master has called each one, so let him walk. And so I
order in all the assemblies.
1 Corinthians 14:3
But he who is prophesying speaks upbuilding and
encouragement and comfort to men.
Ephesians 4:11,12
11 And He Himself gave some as emissaries, and some as
prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as shepherds
and teachers
12 for the perfecting of the set-apart ones, to the work
of service to a building up of the body of the Messiah,
Romans 13:1,2
Let every being be in subjection to the governing
authorities. For there is no authority except from
Elohim, and the authorities that exist are appointed by
Elohim.
2 So he who opposes the authority withstands the
institution of Elohim, and those who withstand shall
bring judgment on themselves.
2 Thessalonians 3:6, 11, 12
But we command you, brothers, in the Name of our Master
Yahusha Messiah, that you withdraw from every brother
who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition
which you received from us.
11 For we hear of some among you walking disorderly, not
working at all, but are busybodies.
12 But we command and urge such, through our Master
Yahusha Messiah, to settle down, work and eat their own
bread.
1 Kepha 2:13-15
13 Be subject to every institution of man because of the
Master, whether to the sovereign as supreme,
14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for
the punishment of doers of evil, and a praise for those
who do tov.
15 Because such is the desire of Elohim, that by doing
tov you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish
men,
Luke 20:25
25 And He said to them, “Then give to Caesar what is
Caesar’s, and to Elohim what is Elohim’s.”
Yahuchanon 21:15-17
15 When, therefore, they had eaten breakfast, Yahusha
said to Shim'on Kepha, “Shim'on, son of Yonah,
do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yea,
Master, You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed
My lambs.”
16 He said to him again, the second time, “Shim'on, son
of Yonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yea, Master,
You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Shepherd My
sheep.”
17 He said to him the third time, “Shim'on, son
of Yonah, do you love Me?” Kepha was sad because He said
to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to
Him, “Master, You know all, You know that I love You.”
Yahusha said to him, “Feed My sheep.
1 Kepha 5:1-4
Therefore, as a fellow elder and a witness of the
sufferings of Messiah, and also a sharer of the esteem
that is to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among
you:
2 Shepherd the flock of Elohim which is among you,
serving as overseers, not by compulsion but voluntarily,
not out of greed for filthy gain, but eagerly,
3 neither as being masters over those entrusted to you,
but being examples to the flock.
4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you shall receive
the never-fading crown of esteem.
Yahuchanon 10:1-31
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter
through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up by
another way, that one is a thief and a robber.
2 “But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of
the sheep.
3 “The doorkeeper opens for him, and the sheep hear his
voice. And he calls his own sheep by name and leads them
out.
4 “And when he has brought out his own sheep, he goes
before them. And the sheep follow him, because they know
his voice.
5 “And they shall by no means follow a stranger, but
shall flee from him, because they do not know the voice
of strangers.”
6 Yahusha used this figure of speech, but they did not
know what He had been saying to them.
7 Yahusha therefore said to them again, “Truly, truly, I
say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 “All who came before Me h are thieves and robbers, but
the sheep did not hear them.
9 “I am the door. Whoever enters through Me, he shall be
saved, and shall go in and shall go out and find
pasture.
10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to
slaughter, and to destroy. I have come that they might
possess life, and that they might possess it beyond
measure.
11 “I am the tov shepherd. The tov shepherd lays down
His life for the sheep.
12 “But the hireling, and not being a shepherd, one who
does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves
the sheep and flees. And the wolf snatches the sheep and
scatters them.
13 “Now the hireling flees because he is a hireling and
is not concerned about the sheep.
14 “I am the tov shepherd. And I know Mine, and
Mine know Me,
15 even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father.
And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold –
I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My
voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
17 “Because of this the Father loves Me, because I lay
down My life, in order to receive it again.
18 “No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of
Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have
authority to receive it again. This command I have
received from My Father.”
19 Again there came a division among the Yehudim because
of these words,
20 and many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad,
why do you listen to Him?”
21 Others said, “These are not the words of one
possessed by a demon. Is a demon able to open the eyes
of the blind?”
22 At that time the Hanukkah came to be in Yerushalayim,
and it was winter.
23 And Yahusha was walking in the Set-apart Place, in
the porch of Shelomah.
24 So the Yehudim surrounded Him and said to Him, “How
long do You keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah,
say to us plainly.”
25 Yahusha answered them, “I have told you, and you do
not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s Name,
they bear witness concerning Me. 26 “But you do not
believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to
you.
27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they
follow Me.
28 “And I give them everlasting life, and they shall by
no means ever perish, and no one shall 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 My
Father’s hand.
30 “I and My Father are one.”
31 Again the Yehudim picked up stones to stone Him.
Dani'el 6:4-13
4 Then the governors and viceroys sought to find
occasion against Dani’el concerning the reign. But they
were unable to find occasion or corruption, because he
was steadfast, and no negligence or corruption was found
in him.
5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any occasion
against this Dani’el unless we find it against him
concerning the law of his Elah.”
6 Then these governors and viceroys tumultuously
gathered before the sovereign, and said this to him,
“Sovereign Dareyawesh, live forever!
7 “All the governors of the reign, the nobles and
viceroys, the counsellors and advisors, have consulted
together to establish a royal decree and to make a
strong interdict, that whoever petitions any elah or man
for thirty days, except you, O sovereign, is thrown into
the den of lions.
8 “Now, O sovereign, establish the interdict and sign
the writing, so that it is not to be changed, according
to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not
pass away.”
9 So Sovereign Dareyawesh signed the written
interdict.
10 And Dani’el , when he knew that the writing was
signed, went home and in his upper room with his windows
open toward Yerushalayim he knelt down on his knees
three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his
Elah, as he had done before.
11 Then these men tumultuously gathered and found
Dani’el praying and entreating before his Elah.
12 Then they approached the sovereign, and spoke
concerning the sovereign’s interdict, “Have you not
signed a interdict that every man who petitions any elah
or man within thirty days, except you, O sovereign, is
thrown into the den of lions?” The sovereign answered
and said, “The word is certain, according to the law of
the Medes and Persians, which does not pass away.”
13 Then they answered and said before the sovereign,
“Dani’el , who is one of the sons of the exile from
Yehudah, pays no heed to you, O sovereign, nor for the
interdict that you have signed, but makes his petition
three times a day.”
Wayyiqra 18:3-5
3 ‘Do not do as they do in the land of Mitsrayim, where
you dwelt. And do not do as they do in the land of
Kanaan, where I am bringing you, and do not walk in
their laws.
4 ‘Do My right-rulings and guard My laws, to walk in
them. I am Yahuah your Elohim.
5 ‘And you shall guard My laws and My right-rulings,
which a man does and lives by them. I am Yahuah.
Wayyiqra 20:23
‘And do not walk in the laws of the nation which I am
driving out before you, for they do all these, and
therefore I loathed them.
Acts 4:17-19
“But in order that it spreads no further among the
people, let us strongly threaten them, to speak no more
to anyone in this Name.”
18 And they called them and commanded them not to speak
at all nor to teach in the Name of Yahusha.
19 But Kepha and Yahuchanon answering them, said,
“Whether it is right in the sight of Elohim to listen to
you more than to Elohim, you judge.
Acts 5:28
saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to
teach in this Name? And look, you have filled
Yerushalayim with your teaching, and intend to bring the
blood of this Man upon us!”
Ester 3:1-5
After these events Sovereign Ahashwerosh promoted Haman,
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and exalted him and
seated him higher than all the princes with him.
2 And all the sovereign’s servants who were in the
sovereign’s gate bowed and did obeisance to Haman, for
so the sovereign had commanded concerning him. But
Mordekai would not bow or do obeisance.
3 And the sovereign’s servants who were in the
sovereign’s gate said to Mordekai, “Why do you disobey
the sovereign’s command?”
4 And it came to be, when they spoke to him daily and he
would not listen to them, that they told Haman, to see
whether the words of Mordekai would stand – for he had
told them that he was a Yahudite.
5 And when Haman saw that Mordekai did not bow or do
obeisance, Haman was filled with wrath.
2 Melakim 18:5-7
He put his trust in Yahuah Elohim of Yisra’el, and after
him was none like him among all the sovereigns of
Yehudah, nor who were before him,
6 and he clung to Yahuah. He did not turn away from
following Him, but guarded His commands, which Yahuah
had commanded Mosheh.
7 And Yahuah was with him – wherever he went he acted
wisely. And he rebelled against the sovereign of Ashshur
and did not serve him.
Who Were Deacons, Bishops,
and Elders?
Philippians 1:1
Sha’ul and Timothy, servants of Yahusha Messiah, to all
the set-apart ones in Messiah Yahusha who are in Philippi,
with the overseers and attendants:
1 Kepha (Peter)5:1
Therefore, as a fellow elder and a witness of the
sufferings of Messiah, and also a sharer of the esteem
that is to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among
you:
2 Timothy 4:22
(As written in the King James, with Strong's (Name
replaced))
The Master Yahusha be with thy spirit. Peace be with
you. Amen. [The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained
the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was
written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the
second time.]
Titus 3:15
(As written in the King James, with Strong's)
All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love
us in the faith. Peace be with you all. Amen. [It was
written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the
church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.]
Scriptural Qualifications
1 Timothy 3:2-4
An overseer, then, should be blameless, the husband of one
wife, sober, sensible, orderly, kind to strangers, able to
teach, 3 not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not
quarrelsome, no lover of money, 4 one who rules his own
house well, having his children in subjection with all
reverence,
1 Timothy 3:5, 8-13
5 for if a man does not know how to rule his own house,
how shall he look after the assembly of Elohim?
8 Likewise attendants are to be reverent, not
double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for
filthy gain,
9 holding to the secret of the belief with a clean
conscience.
10 And let these also be proved first, then let them
serve, if they are unreprovable.
11 Wives in the same way: reverent, not false accusers,
sober, trustworthy in every way.
12 Let attendants be the husbands of only one wife,
ruling children and their own houses well.
13 For those who have served well as attendants gain tov
standing for themselves, and much boldness in the belief
that is in Messiah Yahusha.
Titus 1:6-9
if anyone is unreprovable, the husband of one wife,
having believing children not accused of loose behavior,
or unruly.
7 For an overseer has to be unreprovable, as a managing
one of Elohim, not self-pleasing, not wroth, not given
to wine, no brawler, not greedy for filthy gain,
8 but kind to strangers, a lover of what is tov,
sensible, righteous, set-apart, self-controlled,
9 clinging to the trustworthy word, according to the
teaching, in order to be able both to encourage by sound
teaching, and to reprove those who oppose it.
1 Kepha 5:1b-4
I appeal to the elders among you:
2 Shepherd the flock of Elohim which is among you,
serving as overseers, not by compulsion but voluntarily,
not out of greed for filthy gain, but eagerly,
3 neither as being masters over those entrusted to you,
but being examples to the flock.
4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you shall receive
the never-fading crown of esteem.
Strong's
Definition of "Elder"
qz Zaqen
(zaw-kane');
Adjective, Strong #: 2205
old
old (of humans)
elder (of those having authority)
presbuvteroß Presbuteros
(pres-boo'-ter-os);
Adjective, Strong
#: 4245
elder, of age,
the elder of two people
advanced in life, an elder, a senior
forefathers
Scriptural Ordinations
Acts 6:6
Whom they set before the emissaries. And when they had
prayed, they laid hands on them.
Acts 13:3
Then having fasted and prayed, and having laid hands on
them, they sent them away.
Acts 14:23
And having appointed elders in every assembly, having
prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Master
in whom they had believed.
Titus 1:5
The reason I left you in Crete was that you should
straighten out what was left undone, and appoint elders
in every city as I commanded you:
Strong's
Definition of "Ordained"
ceirotonevw Cheirotoneo(khi-rot-on-eh'-o);
Word Origin: Greek, Verb, Strong #: 5500
to vote by
stretching out the hand
to create or appoint by vote: one to have charge of
some office or duty
to elect, create, appoint
Are the Elders Always
Honorable?
1Timothy 5:17-18
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double
respect, especially those who labor in the word and
teaching.
18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox
while it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer is
worthy of his wages.
MattithYahu (Matthew)16:21
From that time Yahusha began to show to His taught ones
that it was necessary for Him to go to Yerushalayim, and
to suffer much from the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and to be raised again the third
day.
MattithYahu 21:23
And when He had come into the Set-apart Place, the chief
priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He
was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing
these? And who gave You this authority?”
MattithYahu 26:3-4
Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders
of the people came together at the court of the high
priest, who was called Qayapha,
4 and plotted to seize Yahusha by trickery and kill Him.
MattithYahu 26:47-48
And while He was still speaking, see, Yehudah, one of
the twelve, with a large crowd with swords and clubs,
came from the chief priests and elders of the people.
48 And he who was delivering Him up gave them a sign,
saying, “Whomever I kiss, it is He, seize Him.”
MattithYahu 26:57
5And those who had seized Yahusha led Him away to
Qayapha the high priest, where the scribes and the
elders were gathered together.
MattithYahu 26:59
And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the
council were seeking false witness against Yahusha to
put Him to death,
MattithYahu 27:1
And morning having come, all the chief priests and
elders of the people took counsel against Yahusha, so as
to put Him to death.
MattithYahu 27:12
And as He was accused by the chief priests and the
elders, He answered not.
MattithYahu 27:20
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds
that they should ask for Barabbas and to destroy
Yahusha.
MattithYahu 27:41:42
And likewise the chief priests, with the scribes and
elders, mocking, said,
42 “He saved others – He is unable to save Himself. If
He is the Sovereign of Yisra’el, let Him now come down
from the stake, and we shall believe Him.
Mark 8:31
31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Adam has
to suffer much, and be rejected by the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days
to rise again.
Mark 14:43-44
And immediately, while He was still speaking, Yehudah,
one of the twelve, with a large crowd with swords and
clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and
the elders.
44 And the one who was delivering Him up had given them
a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, it is He – seize Him
and lead Him away safely.”
Mark 14:53
And they led Yahusha away to the high priest. And all
the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes came
together to Him.
Mark 15:1
And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests had a
council meeting with the elders and scribes and all the
council. Having bound Yahusha, they led Him away, and
delivered Him to Pilate.
Luke 9:22
saying, “The Son of Adam has to suffer much, and to be
rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes,
and to be killed, and to be raised the third day.”
Luke 20:1-2
And it came to be, on one of those days, as He was
teaching the people in the Set-apart Place and bringing
the Tov News, that the chief priests and the scribes,
together with the elders, came up
2 and spoke to Him, saying, “Say to us, by what
authority are You doing these? Or who is he who gave You
this authority?”
Luke 22:52
And Yahusha said to those who had come against Him, the
chief priests and captains of the Set-apart Place and
the elders, “Have you come out as against a robber, with
swords and clubs?
Luke 22:65-67
And they said to Him much more, blaspheming.
66 And when it became day, the elders of the people,
both chief priests and scribes, came together and they
led Him into their council, saying,
67 “If You are the Messiah, say it to us.” And He said
to them, “If I say to you, you would not believe it at
all,
Acts 4:5-7, 15-18
5 And it came to be, on the next day, that their rulers
and elders and scribes assembled in Yerushalayim,
6 as well as Hanan the high priest, and Qayapha, and
Yahuchanon, and Alexander, and as many as were of high
priestly descent.
7 And having placed them in the middle, they asked, “By
what power or in what Name did you do this?”
15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of
the council, they consulted with one another,
16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? For, indeed,
that an outstanding miracle has been done through them
is apparent to all those dwelling in Yerushalayim, and
we are unable to deny it.
17 “But in order that it spreads no further among the
people, let us strongly threaten them, to speak no more
to anyone in this Name.”
18 And they called them and commanded them not to speak
at all nor to teach in the Name of Yahusha.
Acts 24:1
And after five days the high priest Hananyah came down,
with the elders, and a certain speaker – Tertullus. And
they brought charges against Sha’ul before the governor.
Warning!
Yehezq'el 34 Entire chapter
And the word of Yahuah came to me, saying,
2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Yisra'el,
prophesy and say to them, 'Thus said the Master Yahuah to
the shepherds, "Woe to the shepherds of Yisra'el who have
been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the
flock?
3 "You eat the fat and you put on the wool. You slaughter
the fatlings - you do not feed the flock.
4 "You have not strengthened the weak, nor have you healed
the sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back the
straying, nor sought what was lost; but you have ruled
them with might and harshness.
5 "And they were scattered because there was no shepherd.
And they became food for all the beasts of the field when
they were scattered.
6 "My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on
every high hill. And My sheep were scattered over all the
face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for
them."
7 'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahuah:
8 "As I live," declares the Master Yahuah, "because My
flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every
beast of the field, from not having a shepherd, and My
shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds
fed themselves and did not feed My flock,"
9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of Yahuah!
10 'Thus said the Master Yahuah, "See, I am against the
shepherds, and shall require My flock at their hand, and
shall make them cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds
shall feed themselves no more. And I shall deliver My
flock from their mouths, and they shall no longer be food
for them."
11 'For thus said the Master Yahuah, "See, I Myself shall
search for My sheep and seek them out.
12 "As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is
among his scattered sheep, so I shall seek out My sheep
and deliver them from all the places where they were
scattered in a day of cloud and thick darkness.
13 "And I shall bring them out from the peoples and gather
them from the lands, and shall bring them to their own
land. And I shall feed them on the mountains of Yisra'el,
in the valleys, and in all the dwellings of the land.
14 "In tov pasture I shall feed them, and their fold shall
be on the high mountains of Yisra'el. They shall lie there
in a tov fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of
Yisra'el.
15 "I shall feed My flock and make them lie down,"
declares the Master Yahuah.
16 "I shall seek out the lost and bring back the strayed.
And I shall bind up the broken and strengthen what was
sick, but the fat and the strong I shall destroy. I shall
feed them with right-ruling."
17 'And as for you, O My flock, thus said the Master
Yahuah, "See, I am judging between sheep and sheep,
between rams and goats.
18 "Is it not enough for you to have eaten up the tov
pasture, and the rest of your pasture you trample with
your feet. Or that you should drink of the clear waters,
and the rest you muddy with your feet?
19 "And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled
with your feet, and they drink what you have muddied with
your feet."
20 'Therefore thus said the Master Yahuah to them, "See, I
Myself shall judge between fat and lean sheep. 21 "Because
you have pushed with flank and shoulder, and thrust at all
the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad,
22 therefore I shall save My flock, and let them no longer
be a prey. And I shall judge between sheep and sheep.
23 "And I shall raise up over them one shepherd, My
servant Dawid, and he shall feed them. He shall feed them
and be their shepherd.
24 "And I, Yahuah, shall be their Elohim, and My servant
Dawid a prince in their midst. I, Yahuah, have spoken.
25 "And I shall make a covenant of peace with them, and
make evil beasts cease from the land. And they shall dwell
safely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
26 "And I shall make them and the places all around My
hill a blessing, and shall cause showers to come down in
their season - showers of blessing they are.
27 "And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit and
the earth yield her increase, and they shall be safe in
their land. And they shall know that I am Yahuah, when I
have broken the bars of their yoke. And I shall deliver
them from the hand of those who enslaved them,
28 and they shall no longer be a prey for the gentiles,
and the beast of the earth shall not devour them. And they
shall dwell safely, with no one to make them afraid.
29 "And I shall raise up for them a planting place of
name, and they shall no longer be consumed by hunger in
the land, nor bear the shame of the gentiles any more.
30 "And they shall know that I, Yahuah their Elohim, am
with them, and that they, the house of Yisra'el, are My
people," declares the Master Yahuah.' 31 "And you, My
flock, the flock of My pasture, are men, and I am your
Elohim," declares the Master Yahuah.' "
MattithYahu 24:5
5 "For many shall come in My Name, saying, 'I am the
Messiah,' and they shall lead many astray.
Mark 13:5-6
And Yahusha began to say to them, "Take heed that no one
leads you astray, 6 for many shall come in My Name,
saying, 'I am He,' and they shall lead many astray.
Luke 21:8
And He said, "See that you are not led astray, for many
shall come in My Name, saying, 'I am,' and, 'The time is
near.' Then do not go after them.
MattithYahu 24:24
"For false messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and
they shall show great signs and wonders, so as to lead
astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
2 Kepha 2:1-3
But there also came to be false prophets among the
people, as also among you there shall be false teachers,
who shall secretly bring in destructive heresies, and
deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift
destruction on themselves. 2 And many shall follow their
destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth shall
be evil spoken of, 3 and in greed, with fabricated
words, they shall use you for gain. From of old their
judgment does not linger, and their destruction does not
slumber.
Wolves
YirmeYahu 5
“Diligently search the streets of Yerushalayim, and please
look, and know and seek in her open places if you find a
man, if there is anyone doing right-ruling, seeking the
truth, then I shall pardon her.
2 "Even when they say, ‘As Yahuah lives,’ they swear
falsely, for certain.”
3 O Yahuah, are Your eyes not on truth? You have smitten
them, but they have not grieved. You have consumed them,
but they have refused to receive instruction. They made
their faces harder than rock, they refused to turn back.
4 Then I said, “These are only the poor. They have been
foolish, for they have not known the way of Yahuah, the
right-ruling of their Elohim.
5 “Let me go to the great men and speak to them, for they
have known the way of Yahuah, the right-ruling of their
Elohim.” But these have altogether broken the yoke and
torn off the bonds.
6 Therefore a lion from the forest shall smite them, a
wolf of the deserts ravage them. A leopard is watching
over their cities, whoever comes out of them is torn in
pieces. For their transgressions have been many, their
back-slidings have been numerous.
7 “Why should I pardon you for this? Your children have
forsaken Me and sworn by those that are not mighty ones.
When I had filled them up, they then committed adultery
and they thronged to the house of a whore.
8 “They were like well-fed horses, every one neighed after
his neighbor's wife.
9 “Would I not punish them for this?” declares Yahuah.
“And would I not revenge Myself on such a nation as this?
10 “Go up on her walls and destroy, but do not make a
complete end. Take away her branches, for they do not
belong to Yahuah.
11 “For the house of Yisra’el and the house of Yehudah
have utterly betrayed Me,” declares Yahuah.
12 They have been untrue to Yahuah, and said, “It is not
He. No evil comes upon us, nor do we see sword or scarcity
of food.”
13 And the prophets have become wind, and the Word is not
in them. Thus shall be done to them:
14 Therefore thus said Yahuah Elohim of hosts, “Because
you speak this word, see, I am making My words in your
mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour
them.
15 “See, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O
house of Yisra’el,” declares Yahuah. “It is an enduring
nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language
you do not know, nor do you understand what they say.
16 “Their quiver is like an open tomb, all of them are
mighty men.
17 “And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread,
which your sons and daughters should eat. They shall eat
up your flocks and your herds, they shall eat up your
vines and your fig trees. With the sword they shall
demolish your walled cities, in which you are trusting.
18 “But even in those days,” declares Yahuah, “I shall not
make a complete end of you.
19 “And it shall be, when they say, ‘Why does Yahuah our
Elohim do all this to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘As
you have forsaken Me and served foreign mighty ones in
your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is
not yours.’
20 “Declare this in the house of Ya'acob and proclaim it
in Yehudah, saying,
21 ‘Hear this now, O foolish people without heart, who
have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not:
22 ‘Do you not fear Me?’ declares Yahuah. ‘Do you not
tremble at My presence, who have placed the sand as the
boundary of the sea, by an everlasting law, and it does
not pass over it? Though its waves toss to and fro, they
are not able; though they roar, they do not pass over it.
23‘But this people has a backsliding and rebellious heart,
they have turned aside and gone away.
24 ‘And they do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear
Yahuah our Elohim, who gives rain, both the former and the
latter, in its season. He guards for us the appointed
weeks of the harvest.”
25 ‘Your crookednesses have turned these away, and your
sins have kept the tov from you.
26 ‘For among My people are found wrong men who lie in
wait as one who sets snares. They have set up a trap, they
catch men.
27 ‘As a cage is filled with birds, so their houses are
filled with deceit. Therefore they have become great and
grown rich.
28 ‘They have become fat, they are sleek. They also
overlook the deeds of the wrong. They did not rightly rule
the cause of the fatherless, so that they prosper. And the
right of the needy they did not rightly rule.
29 ‘Would I not punish them for this?’ declares Yahuah.
‘Would I not revenge Myself on such a nation as this?’
30 “An astounding and horrible matter has come to be in
the land:
31 The prophets have prophesied falsely, and the priests
rule by their own hand, and My people have loved it so.
And what are you going to do at the end of it?
TsephanYah 3:1-5
Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing
city!
2 She did not obey the voice, she did not accept
instruction, she did not trust in Yahuah, she did not
draw near to her Elohim.
3 Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges
are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until
morning.
4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her
priests have profaned the setapart place, they have done
violence to the Torah.
5 Yahuah is righteous in her midst, He does no
unrighteousness. Morning by morning He brings His
right-ruling to light, it has not been lacking, yet the
unrighteous one knows no shame.
Yehezq'el 22:26-29
26 “Her priests have done violence to My teaching and
they profane My set-apart matters. They have not
distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor
have they made known the difference between the unclean
and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My
Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst.
27 “Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the
prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy
gain.
28 “And her prophets have coated them with whitewash,
seeing a false vision, and divining a lie for them,
saying, ‘Thus said the Master Yahuah,’ when Yahuah had
not spoken.
29 “The people of the land have practised oppression,
and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and
needy. And they oppressed the stranger without
right-ruling.
Yahuchanon 10:1-16
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter
through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up by
another way, that one is a thief and a robber.
2 “But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of
the sheep.
3 “The doorkeeper opens for him, and the heep hear his
voice. And he calls his own sheep by name and leads them
out.
4 “And when he has brought out his own sheep, he goes
before them. And the sheep follow him, because they know
his voice.
5 “And they shall by no means follow a stranger, but
shall flee from him, because they do not know the voice
of strangers.”
6 Yahusha used this figure of speech, but they did not
know what He had been saying to them.
7 Yahusha therefore said to them again, “Truly, truly, I
say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 “All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but
the sheep did not hear them.
9 “I am the door. Whoever enters through Me, he shall be
saved, and shall go in and shall go out and find
pasture.
10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to
slaughter, and to destroy. I have come that they might
possess life, and that they might possess it beyond
measure.
11 “I am the tov shepherd. The tov shepherd lays down
His life for the sheep.
12 “But the hireling, and not being a shepherd, one who
does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves
the sheep and flees. And the wolf snatches the sheep and
scatters them.
13 “Now the hireling flees because he is a hireling and
is not concerned about the sheep.
14 “I am the tov shepherd. And I know Mine, and Mine
know Me,
15 even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father.
And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold –
I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My
voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd
MattithYahu 7:15-23
15 “But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in
sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves.
16 “By their fruits you shall know them. Are grapes
gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?
17 “So every tov tree yields tov fruit, but a rotten
tree yields wicked fruit.
18 “A tov tree is unable to yield wicked fruit, and a
rotten tree to yield tov fruit.
19 “Every tree that does not bear tov fruit is cut down
and thrown into the fire.
20 “So then, by their fruits you shall know them –
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ shall
enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing
the desire of My Father in the heavens.
22 “Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Master, Master,
have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons
in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name?’
23 “And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never
knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!’
MattithYahu 10:16-23
16 “See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
17 “But beware of men, for they shall deliver you up to
Sanhedrins and flog you in their congregations.
18 “And you shall be brought before governors and
sovereigns for My sake, as a witness to them and to the
gentiles.
19 “But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how
or what you should speak. For it shall be given to you
in that hour what you shall speak, 20 for it is not you
who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in
you.
21 “And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and a
father his child. And children shall rise up against
parents and shall put them to death.
22 “And you shall be hated by all for My Name’s sake.
But he who shall have endured to the end shall be saved.
23 “And when they persecute you in this city, flee to
another. For truly, I say to you, you shall by no means
have gone through the cities of Yisra’el before the Son
of Adam comes.
Luke 10:3
“Go! See, I send you out as lambs into the midst of
wolves.
MattithYahu 23
Then Yahusha spoke to the crowds and to His taught ones,
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat
of Mosheh.
3 “Therefore, whatever they say to you to guard, guard
and do. But do not do according to their works, for they
say, and do not do.
4 “For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay
them on men’s shoulders, but with their finger they do
not want to move them.
5 “And they do all their works to be seen by men, and
they make their t’fillen wide and lengthen the tzitziyot
of their garments,
6 and they love the best place at feasts, and the best
seats in the congregations,
7 and the greetings in the market-places, and to be
called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’
8 “But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ for One is your
Teacher, the Messiah, and you are all brothers.
9 “And do not call anyone on earth your father, for One
is your Father, He who is in the heavens.
10 “Neither be called leaders, for One is your Leader,
the Messiah.
11 “But the greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 “And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and
whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men,
for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are
entering to go in.
14 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Because you eat up widows’ houses, and for a show make
long prayers. Because of this you shall receive greater
judgment.
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Because you go about the land and the sea to win one
convert, and when he is won, you make him a son of
Gehenna twofold more than yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears
by the Dwelling Place, it does not matter, but whoever
swears by the gold of the Dwelling Place, is bound by
oath.’
17 “Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or
the Dwelling Place that sets the gold apart?
18 “And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it does not
matter, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is
bound by oath.’
19 “Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or
the altar that sets the gift apart?
20 “He, then, who swears by the altar, swears by it and
by all that is upon it.
21 “And he who swears by the Dwelling Place, swears by
it and by Him who is dwelling in it.
22 “And he who swears by the heaven, swears by the
throne of Elohim and by Him who is sitting upon it.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Because you tithe the mint and the anise and the cumin,
and have neglected the weightier matters of the Torah:
the right-ruling and the compassion and the belief.
These need to have been done, without neglecting the
others.
24 “Blind guides – straining out a gnat and swallowing a
camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but
inside they are filled with plunder and unrighteousness.
26 “Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup
and dish, so that the outside of them becomes clean too.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Because you are like whitewashed tombs which outwardly
indeed look well, but inside are filled with dead men’s
bones and all uncleanness.
28 “So you too outwardly indeed appear righteous to men,
but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and
lawlessness.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate
the monuments of the righteous,
30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers,
we would not have taken part with them in the blood of
the prophets.’
31 “Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you
are sons of those who did murder the prophets –
32 and you fill up the measure of your fathers!
33 “Serpents, brood of adders! How would you escape the
judgment of Gehenna?
34 “Because of this, see, I send you prophets, and wise
men, and scholars of Scripture. Some of them you shall
kill and impale, and some of them you shall flog in your
congregations and persecute from city to city,
35 so that on you should come all the righteous blood
shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Hebel to
the blood of Zecharyah, son of Berechyah, whom you
murdered between the Dwelling Place and the altar.
36“Truly, I say to you, all this shall come upon this
generation.
37 “Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the prophets and
stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to
gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her
chickens under her wings, but you would not!
38 “See! Your house is left to you laid waste,
39 for I say to you, from now on you shall by no means
see Me, until you say, ‘Blessed is He who is coming in
the Name of Yahuah!’ ”
Acts 20:28-31
28 “Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the
flock, among which the Set-apart Spirit has made you
overseers, to shepherd the assembly of Elohim which He
has purchased with His own blood.
29 “For I know this, that after my departure savage
wolves shall come in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 “Also from among yourselves men shall arise, speaking
distorted teachings, to draw away the taught ones after
themselves.
31 “Therefore watch, remembering that for three years,
night and day, I did not cease to warn each one with
tears.
