5 Bible Verses about Sheep, Figurative

I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

He said: Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Jesus told them: You would all be turned away from me. It is written, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.

When he saw the large crowds of people, he was moved with compassion for them. He knew they were distressed and scattered like sheep not having a shepherd.

If you have a hundred sheep and lose one of them, what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one you lost until you find it.