Thematic Bible: Care of the sheep by, exhibited in
Thematic Bible
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Going before and leading them
Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.
But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Seeking out good pasture for them
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Defending them when attacked by wild beasts
Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Searching them out when lost and straying
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Numbering them when they return from pasture
In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Attending them when sick
I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Knowing them
I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Watching over them by night
And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.