5 Bible Verses about Sheep, Figurative

"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?