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 hast led as a flock Thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron!
To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. -- A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs -- shine forth,
And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Seeking out good pasture for them
In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.
and they go to the entrance of Gedor, unto the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock, and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before. And these who are written by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smite their tents, and the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction unto this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock is there.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Defending them when attacked by wild beasts
Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus on that of a couch.
And David saith unto Saul, 'A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come -- and the bear -- and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove, and I have gone out after him, and smitten him, and delivered out of his mouth, and he riseth against me, and I have taken hold on his beard, and smitten him, and put him to death. Both the lion and the bear hath thy servant smitten, and this uncircumcised Philistine hath been as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of the living God.'
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Searching them out when lost and straying
As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.
'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? and having found, he doth lay 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 saith unto him, 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the suckling flock and the herd are with me; when they have beaten them one day, then hath all the flock died. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I -- I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which is before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto 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 low country, And in the cities of the south, And in the land of Benjamin, And in the suburbs of Jerusalem, And in the cities of Judah, Again doth the flock pass by under the hands of the numberer, said Jehovah.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Attending them when sick
The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Knowing them
I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine,
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Watching over them by night
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,