24 Bible Verses about Those Who Kept Stock

And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way,

And there were shepherds in the same region living in the fields, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

And he said to him, Thou know how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

And these are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.

that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers, that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

And your sons shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the foremost of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.

Thus says LORD of hosts: Yet again there shall be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lay down.

And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of such as dwell in tents and [have] cattle.

And he said to them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well. And, behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep.

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shall not give me anything. If thou will do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph brought the evil

And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all thy sons here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.

Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send to me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

And David said to Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep, and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees.