Thematic Bible: Sinners regarded as lost sheep


Thematic Bible




For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sOverseersGod our ShepherdSheepWatchfulness, DivineLost SheepAlienation, OvercomingWanderersPeople Going AstrayAnimals Going Astray



but, instead of that, go to the lost sheep of Israel's race. Verse ConceptsSheep, FigurativeMore ThanIsrael HardenedLost People



What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying? Verse ConceptsHillsSheepShepherds, As OccupationsWatchfulness, DivineLost SheepThe Number NinetyOne HundredThinking ArightGod Searching For PeopleAbandoning ThingsNinetiesMissing SomeoneBeing LostLosing Someone