Luke 2:8

In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.

Genesis 31:39-40

That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself. You required it of my hand whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

Ezekiel 34:8

“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;

John 10:8-12

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

Exodus 3:1-2

Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

1 Samuel 17:34-35

But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

Psalm 78:70-71

He also chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;

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Summary

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

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Bible References

Abiding

Genesis 31:39
That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself. You required it of my hand whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
1 Samuel 17:34
But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Psalm 78:70
He also chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;
Ezekiel 34:8
“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;
John 10:8
All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

General references

Genesis 31:40
Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.