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Jude 1:12

These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

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ASV

These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

KJV

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΟὗτοίHoutoiTheseG3778 →
εἰσινeisinareG1510 →
οἱhoithe onesG3588 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ταῖςtaistheG3588 →
ἀγάπαιςagapaislove feastsG26 →
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771 →
σπιλάδες,spiladeshidden reefs,G4694 →
συνευωχούμενοι,suneuōchoumenoifeasting together [with you]G4910 →
ἀφόβωςaphobōsfearlesslyG870 →
ἑαυτοὺςhe'autousthemselvesG1438 →
ποιμαίνοντες·poimainontesshepherding;G4165 →
νεφέλαιnephelaicloudsG3507 →
ἄνυδροι,anudroiwithout water,G504 →
ὑπὸhupobyG5259 →
ἀνέμωνanemōnwindsG417 →
παραφερόμεναι,parapheromenaibeing carried away,G3911 →
δένδραdendratreesG1186 →
φθινοπωρινὰphthinopōrinaautumnalG5352 →
ἄκαρπα,akarpawithout fruit,G175 →
δὶςdistwiceG1364 →
ἀποθανόντα,apothanontahaving died,G599 →
ἐκριζωθέντα·ekrizōthentahaving been uprooted;G1610 →

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Matthew 15:13But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.2 Peter 2:17–20These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.Revelation 3:1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.Ezekiel 34:8‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.Matthew 7:19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.Proverbs 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.Matthew 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.1 Corinthians 11:21For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.2 Peter 2:13–14The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.John 15:4–6Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.1 Corinthians 11:20–22Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.1 Corinthians 6:12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.Matthew 7:17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.Ezekiel 34:2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

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