Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
General references
Bible References
Abiding
Genesis 31:39
Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
1 Samuel 17:34
David replied to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd for his father's flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,
Psalm 78:70
He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.
Ezekiel 34:8
As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,
John 10:8
All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
General references
Genesis 31:40
I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.