Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Bible References
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Psalm 119:176
I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.
Isaiah 53:6
We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
Jeremiah 23:2
So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:6
And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.
Matthew 9:36
But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.
Matthew 18:12
What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?
Luke 15:4
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?