Thematic Bible: Care of the sheep by, exhibited in
Thematic Bible
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Going before and leading them
You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Give ear, O shepherd of Israel, [who] leads Joseph like a flock. Shine forth, [you who] sits [enthroned above] the cherubim.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Seeking out good pasture for them
In grassy pastures he makes me lie down; by quiet waters he leads me.
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, up to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. And they found fertile and good pasture, and the land [was] very broad, quiet, and at ease, for the former inhabitants there [were] from Ham. These, mentioned by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there. And they devoted them to destruction to this day, and they settled among them because [there was] pasture there for their flocks.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Defending them when attacked by wild beasts
Thus says Yahweh, "Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so shall the {people} of Israel who dwell in Samaria, with the corner of a couch and the damask of a bed."
And David said to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd of the flock for his father. If the lion or the bear would come and carry off a sheep from the group, I would go out after it and strike it down and rescue [the sheep] from its mouth. If it rose against me, I would grab [it] by its beard and strike it down and kill it. Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he defied the battle lines of the living God."
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Searching them out when lost and straying
[just] like [the] caring of a shepherd [for] his herd on the day when he is in the midst of his scattered flock. Thus I will look after my flock, and I will deliver them from all the places {to which they were scattered} on [the] day {of storm and stress}.
"What man of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the grassland and go after the one that was lost until he finds it? And [when he] has found [it], he places [it] on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young
But he said to him, "My lord knows that the children [are] frail, and the flocks and the cattle [which are] nursing [are a concern] to me. Now [if] they drove them hard for a day all the flocks would die. Let my lord pass on before his servant and I will move along slowly at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me, and at the pace of the children until I come to my lord in Seir."
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Numbering them when they return from pasture
In the towns of the hill country, in the towns of the Shephelah, and in the towns of the Negev, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the surroundings [of] Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under [the] hands of [the] counter,' says Yahweh.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Attending them when sick
"I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the scattered, and I will bind [up] the one hurt, and I will strengthen the sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed her with justice."
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Knowing them
"I am the good shepherd, and I know my [own], and my [own] know me,
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Watching over them by night
And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night.