Luke 2:8

And there were, shepherds, in the same country, dwelling in the fields, and keeping the watches of the night over their flock.

Genesis 31:39-40

The torn, have I not brought in unto thee - I bare the loss, At my hand, didst thou require it, - Stolen by day, or stolen by night.

Ezekiel 34:8

As I live, - Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely because my flock became a prey. And my flock became food for every wild beast of the field, through having no shepherd, Neither did my shepherds inquire after the flock, - But the shepherds tended themselves. And my flock, they tended not

John 10:8-12

All, as many as came before me, are thieves, and, robbers: but the sheep hearkened nor unto them.

Exodus 3:1-2

Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.

1 Samuel 17:34-35

Then said David unto Saul, Thy servant used to tend his father's sheep, - and there would come a lion, or a bear, and carry off a lamb out of the flock;

Psalm 78:70-71

And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:

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

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Abiding

Genesis 31:39
The torn, have I not brought in unto thee - I bare the loss, At my hand, didst thou require it, - Stolen by day, or stolen by night.
Exodus 3:1
Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.
1 Samuel 17:34
Then said David unto Saul, Thy servant used to tend his father's sheep, - and there would come a lion, or a bear, and carry off a lamb out of the flock;
Psalm 78:70
And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:
Ezekiel 34:8
As I live, - Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely because my flock became a prey. And my flock became food for every wild beast of the field, through having no shepherd, Neither did my shepherds inquire after the flock, - But the shepherds tended themselves. And my flock, they tended not
John 10:8
All, as many as came before me, are thieves, and, robbers: but the sheep hearkened nor unto them.

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Genesis 31:40
Thus have I been - By day, drought hath consumed me, And, frost, by, night, - So that my sleep fled away from mine eyes.