Thematic Bible: Care of the sheep by, exhibited in
Thematic Bible
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Going before and leading them
Thou leddest thy people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.
But as for his own people, he led them forth like sheep, and carried them in the wilderness like a flock.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Seeking out good pasture for them
He feedeth me in a green pasture, and leadeth me forth beside the waters of comfort.
And they went as far as Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their cattle. And they found fat pasture and good and a wide land both quiet and fruitful: for they of Ham dwelt there before. And these now afore written by name went in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote the tents of them and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and there dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their sheep.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Defending them when attacked by wild beasts
Thus sayeth the LORD, 'like as a herdsman taketh two legs or a piece of an ear out of the lion's mouth: Even so the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria, having their couches in the corner, and the beds at Damascus, shall be plucked away.
Then said David unto Saul, "As thy servant kept his father's sheep, there came a Lion and likewise a Bear, and took a sheep out of the flock. And I went out after him and smote him, and took it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard and smote him and slew him. For both a Lion and also a Bear hath thy servant slain. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, for his railing on the host of the living God."
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Searching them out when lost and straying
Like as a shepherd among the flock seeketh after the sheep that are scattered abroad, even so will I seek after my sheep, and gather them together out of all places, where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
"What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find him? And when he hath found him, he putteth him on his shoulders with joy:
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young
And he said unto him, "My lord knoweth that I have tender children, ewes and cows with young, under mine hand, which if men should overdrive but even one day, the whole flock would die. Let my lord therefore go before his servant and I will drive fair and softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children, be able to endure: until I come to my lord unto Seir."
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Numbering them when they return from pasture
in the cities upon the mountains; and in the cities that lie upon the plain and in the desert. In the land of Benjamin, in the fields of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah shall the sheep be numbered again, under the hand of him that telleth them, sayeth the LORD.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Attending them when sick
Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Knowing them
I am that good shepherd, and know mine, and am known of mine.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Watching over them by night
And there were in the same region shepherds abiding in the field, and watching their flock by night.