Thematic Bible: Care of the sheep by, exhibited in
Thematic Bible
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Going before and leading them
You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. A contemplation by Asaph.
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit 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 makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham. These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Defending them when attacked by wild beasts
Thus says Yahweh: "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed."
David said to Saul, "Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him. Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has 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 seeks 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 where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young
Jacob said to him, "My lord knows 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. Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to 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 who numbers them, says Yahweh.
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. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Watching over them by night
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.