Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
I did not bring you the torn carcasses [of the animals attacked by predators]; I [personally] took the loss. You required of me [to make good] everything that was stolen, whether it occurred by day or night.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro (Reuel) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb (Sinai), 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 out of the flock,
Psalm 78:70

He also chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;
Ezekiel 34:8
“As I live,” says the Lord God, “certainly because My flock has become prey, My flock has even become food for every predator 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 [as false messiahs and self-appointed leaders] are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not hear them.

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Genesis 31:40
This was my situation: by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep.