Psalm 78:71

Lessons From Israel's Past

⁷⁰ He also chose David His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; ⁷¹ from following the ewes great with young He brought him to feed Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance. ⁷² And he fed them according to the pureness of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

Rule Over

Israel

Jacob

2 Samuel 5:2

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he who led Israel out and brought them in. And Jehovah said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be a leader over Israel.

Genesis 33:13

And he said to him, My lord knows that the boys are tender, and the flocks and herds with me are suckling. And if the men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

1 Chronicles 11:2

And also in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel. And Jehovah your God said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be ruler over My people Israel.

Psalm 28:9

Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; feed them also, and lift them up forever.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those with young.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

Jehovah takes away, and He gives riches; He brings low; yea, He lifts up high.

1 Samuel 10:1

And Samuel took a vial of oil and poured on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has anointed you for a leader over His inheritance?

2 Samuel 7:8

And now so shall you say to My servant David, So says Jehovah of Hosts: I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

Psalm 75:6-7

For lifting up comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

Psalm 113:7-8

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill,

Jeremiah 27:5-6

I have made the earth, man, and the animals on the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to Me.

Ezekiel 34:23-24

And I will set up one Shepherd over them, and He shall feed them, My servant David. He shall feed them, and He shall be their Shepherd.

Micah 5:2-4

And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.

Zechariah 11:4-17

For so says Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,

Matthew 2:6

"And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the governors of Judah. For out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule My people Israel."

John 21:15-17

Then when they broke fast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

1 Peter 5:2

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;