27 Her princes in her midst are like ⁿwolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

A Tree and Its Fruit

15 ^v“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous ^wwolves.

Persecution Will Come

16 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of ^xwolves, so be ^ywise as serpents and ^zinnocent as doves.

12 He who is a hired hand and not a ^rshepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^sleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

29 I know that after my departure fierce ^pwolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;