9 Bible Verses about Animals Going Astray

" 'If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him

"You shall not watch the ox of your neighbor or his sheep or goat straying and ignore them; certainly you shall return them to your neighbor. And if your countryman [is] not near you or you do not know {who he is}, then you shall bring it {to your household}, and it shall be with you {until your countryman seeks after it}, and you shall return it to him. And thus [also] you shall do regarding his donkey, and thus you shall do concerning his garment, and so you shall do with respect to all [of] the lost property of your countryman that is lost from him and you find it; you are not allowed to withhold help.

The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, and the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back [to] the road.

Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.

All of us have wandered about like sheep; we each have turned to his own way; and Yahweh let fall on him the iniquity of us all.

What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away? And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant, because I do not forget your commands.

For you were going astray like sheep, but you have turned back now to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.