24 Bible Verses about Those Who Kept Stock

And he rose up and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shepherds' meeting-place on the way,

And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

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

And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me.

And these are the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah And Anah. This is the Anah that found the warm springs in the wilderness as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

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

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

(Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg, the Edomite, chief of the shepherds that belonged to Saul.)

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

And she further bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a husbandman.

And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and breed cattle.

And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and behold, there comes Rachel his daughter with the sheep.

While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

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

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.

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

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

And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all the young men? And he said, There is yet the youngest remaining, and behold, he is feeding the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit at table till he come hither.

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

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

And David said to Saul, Thy servant fed his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and also a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.

And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.