24 Bible Verses about Those Who Kept Stock

And he arose and departed and came to Samaria. And as he was at a pastor's shearing house in the way,

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee and how many livestock thou hast with me.

And these are the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah; this was that Anah that invented mules in the wilderness as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Then ye shall say, Thy slaves' trade has been about livestock from our youth even until now, both we and also our fathers, that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every pastor of sheep is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

And your children shall be shepherded in the wilderness forty years and bear your fornications until your carcasses are wasted in the wilderness.

Now a certain man of the slaves of Saul was there that day, fulfilling a vow before the LORD, and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the principal of the pastors of Saul.

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, there shall be booths of shepherds who shall cause the flocks to lie down.

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

And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and of those who have cattle.

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

And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was the pastor.

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

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

And his brethren went to feed their father's sheep in Shechem.

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy slaves are pastors of sheep, both we and also our fathers.

Now as Moses shepherded the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, he led the flock to the backside of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are all thy young men here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send for him, for we will not sit down to the table until he comes here.

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

But David had gone and returned from being with Saul to feed his father's sheep in Bethlehem.

And David replied unto Saul, Thy slave was the pastor of his father's sheep, and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,

The words of Amos, who was among the pastors 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 am not a prophet, neither am I a prophet's son, but I am a herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: