Matthew 9:38
so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest."
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd; a good shepherd lays down his own life for the sheep.
Acts 20:28
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.
Hebrews 12:9
Why, we had fathers of our flesh to discipline us, and we yielded to them! Shall we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so live?
1 Peter 5:2-4
be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,