23 Bible Verses about Stock Keeping

They came near to him and said, "We will build sheep pens here for [the] flock of our livestock and cities for our little children;

Build for yourselves cities for your little children and sheep pens for your flocks; what has gone out from your mouth you will do."

and Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, the cities of Mibzar, and the sheep pens for flocks.

And you, O Migdal-Eder, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, and the former dominion will come, [the] reign of the daughter of Jerusalem.

Though you [men] lie down between the sheepfolds, [you will be like the] wings of a dove covered in silver and its pinions in yellow gold."

The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

But the one who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.

Then you must say, 'You servants [are] men of livestock from our childhood until now, both we and also our ancestors,' so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd [is] a detestable thing to Egyptians."

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 Yahweh said to me, "Take again the implements of a foolish shepherd.

"Woe, my worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! [May] a sword [fall] on his arm and on {his right eye}! May his arm wither completely and {his right eye} be utterly blinded!"

Now the herdsmen fled and went into the town [and] reported everything, including the things concerning the demon-possessed men.

And [when] the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported [it] in the town and in the countryside.

"And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding [sheep] who comes in from the field will say to him, 'Come here at once [and] recline at the table'?

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and {foreigners} [shall be] your farmers and vinedressers.

And there was a quarrel between the herdsmen of the livestock of Abram and the herdsmen of the livestock of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.

Then the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours." And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.

And they said, "An Egyptian man delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he even drew [water] for us and watered the flock."

For Yahweh said this to me: "As which lion growls and young lion over its prey when {a full group} of shepherds is called against him, it is not terrified by their voice, and to their noise it does not respond, so Yahweh of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.

And I smash [the] shepherd and his flock with you, and I smash [the] farmer and his team with you, and I smash [the] governors and [the] officials with you.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.