23 Bible Verses about Stock Keeping

Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;

So get to work building your towns for your little ones, and safe places for your sheep; and do as you have said.

And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran: walled towns and shut-in places for sheep.

And you, O tower of the flock, Ophel of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, even the earlier authority, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.

Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.

And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.

A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.

And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.

And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.

And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.

For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.

With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.