20 Bible Verses about Sheep
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And He found in the temple those selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting:
Then Jesus says to them, You will all be offended in me this night: for it has been written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.
And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.
Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
As has been written, that We are killed all day for thy sake; we are counted as sheep of the slaughter.
and all nations shall be gathered before Him: and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats: and He will place the sheep on His right, and the goats on His left.
For you have wandered away like sheep; but you have now turned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
What seems to you? if there may be a hundred sheep to one man, and one of them may go astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine, going to the mountains, seek that which has gone astray?
Fear not, little flock; because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one coming not in through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbing up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. And the one coming in through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear His voice: and he calls His own sheep by name, and leads them out.read more.
When He may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice: but they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: because they know not the voice of strangers. He spoke this parable to them: but they did not know what things He was speaking to them. Then Jesus said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep. All so many as came were thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: if any one may enter in through me, he shall be saved; he shall go in and come out, and find pasture. The thief does not come, but that he may steal, and slay, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hireling, and the one not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees away, and the wolf seizes and scatters them: because he is a hireling and there is not a care to him for the sheep. I am the Good Shepherd; I know mine, and mine know me, as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My soul for the sheep. And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: and it behooves me to bring them and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Again He says to him a second time, Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me with divine love? He says to Him; Thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Shepherdize my sheeplings. He says to him a third time; Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me as a friend? Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time, Do you love me as a friend? And he says to Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; and thou dost understand that I love thee as a friend. He says to Him, Feed my sheeplings.
And the God of peace, the one having raised up from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, make you perfect, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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Animals » Lions » Sheep
Beasts » Clean » Sheep
Commerce » Articles of » Sheep
and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and myrrh, and libation, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies and souls of men;
Lost » Power » Sheep
For you have wandered away like sheep; but you have now turned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.
And He responding said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Righteous » Compared with » Sheep
compared to Saints » Sheep
When He may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice:
Sheep » Flesh of, extensively used as food
Sheep » Were frequently » Taken in great numbers in war
Sheep » Described as » Remarkably prolific
Sheep » Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing
Sheep » Offered in sacrifice under the law
Sheep » Milk of, used as food
Whoever goes to war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard, and does not eat the fruit of it? or who shepherdizes a flock, and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
Sheep » Figurative » Of the righteous
And Jesus says to them, You will all be offended, because it has been written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
Then Jesus says to them, You will all be offended in me this night: for it has been written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.
Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one coming not in through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbing up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. And the one coming in through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear His voice: and he calls His own sheep by name, and leads them out. read more.
When He may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice: but they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: because they know not the voice of strangers. He spoke this parable to them: but they did not know what things He was speaking to them. Then Jesus said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep. All so many as came were thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: if any one may enter in through me, he shall be saved; he shall go in and come out, and find pasture. The thief does not come, but that he may steal, and slay, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hireling, and the one not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees away, and the wolf seizes and scatters them: because he is a hireling and there is not a care to him for the sheep. I am the Good Shepherd; I know mine, and mine know me, as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My soul for the sheep. And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: and it behooves me to bring them and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Sheep » Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth
Sheep » Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age
Sheep » Illustrative » (in proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
Sheep » Flocks of » Attended by members of the family
Sheep » Flocks of » Fed on the mountains
Sheep » Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle
Sheep » Wool of, made into clothing
Sheep » Flocks of » Kept in folds or cotes
Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one coming not in through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbing up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
Sheep » Were frequently » Destroyed by wild beasts
The hireling, and the one not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees away, and the wolf seizes and scatters them:
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the jews
Sheep » Were frequently » Given as presents
Sheep » Were frequently » Given as tribute
Sheep » Flocks of » Made to rest at noon
Sheep » Flocks of » Watered every day
Sheep » Males of, called rams
Sheep » Figurative
Sheep » Tribute (taxes) paid in
Sheep » Shearing of
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the people of Christ
Again He says to him a second time, Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me with divine love? He says to Him; Thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Shepherdize my sheeplings. He says to him a third time; Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me as a friend? Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time, Do you love me as a friend? And he says to Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; and thou dost understand that I love thee as a friend. He says to Him, Feed my sheeplings.
Then Jesus said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep. All so many as came were thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: if any one may enter in through me, he shall be saved; he shall go in and come out, and find pasture. read more.
The thief does not come, but that he may steal, and slay, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hireling, and the one not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees away, and the wolf seizes and scatters them: because he is a hireling and there is not a care to him for the sheep. I am the Good Shepherd; I know mine, and mine know me, as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My soul for the sheep. And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: and it behooves me to bring them and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore my Father loves Me, because I lay down my soul, that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and power to receive it again. I received this commandment from my Father. Again there was a schism among the Jews on account of these words. Then many of them were saying, He has a demon, and is gone mad; why do you hear Him? Others were saying, These are not the words of a demonized man. Whether is a demon able to open the eyes of the blind? And it was the feast of dedication in Jerusalem: and it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch. Then the Jews surrounded Him, and said to Him, How long do you take away our soul? If thou art the Christ, tell us openly. Jesus responded, I told you, and you do not believe: the works which I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me. But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
Sheep » Flocks of » Attended by servants
Sheep » Bleating of, alluded to
Sheep » Described as » Agile
Sheep » Young of, called lambs
Sheep » Feasting at the time of shearing
Sheep » Figurative » Parable of the lost
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert, and go after the lost one, until he may find it? And having found it, places it on his shoulders, rejoicing: and having come into the house, calls together the friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep which was lost. read more.
I say unto you that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, rather than ninety and nine just persons who have not need of repentance.
OMITTED TEXT What seems to you? if there may be a hundred sheep to one man, and one of them may go astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine, going to the mountains, seek that which has gone astray? And if it maybe that he finds it, truly I say unto you, that he rejoiceth more over it than over the ninety and nine that went not astray.
Sheep » Flocks of » Followed the shepherd
When He may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice:
Sheep » Illustrative » (when found,) of restored sinners
I say unto you that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, rather than ninety and nine just persons who have not need of repentance.
Sheep » Tithe of, given to the levites
Sheep » Washed and shorn every year
Sheep » Places celebrated for » Bashan
Sheep » Firstlings of, not to be shorn
Sheep » Illustrative » (separated from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked
and all nations shall be gathered before Him: and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats: and He will place the sheep on His right, and the goats on His left.
Sheep » First wool of, given to the priests
Sheep » Clean and used as food
Sheep » Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering
Sheep » Described as » Innocent
Sheep » Places celebrated for » Kedar
Sheep » Figurative » Of lost sinners
And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.
Sheep » Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor
they were stoned, they were tempted, they were burnt, they died by the edge of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, troubled, persecuted,
Sheep » Firstlings of, not to be redeemed
Sheep » Illustrative » (lost,) of the unregenerate
Sheep » Flocks of » Fed in the valleys
Sheep » False prophets assume the simple appearance
But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are rapacious wolves.
Sheep » Places celebrated for » Nebaioth
Sheep » Illustrative » (in patience and simplicity,) of patience, &c of Christ
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the wicked in their death
Sheep » Described as » Sagacious
When He may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice: but they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: because they know not the voice of strangers.
Sheep » Flocks of » Frequently covered the pastures
Sheep » Also » Jacob's management of
Sheep » Under man's care from the earliest age
Sheep » Females of, called ewes
Sheep » Places celebrated for » Bozra
Sheep » Were frequently » Cut off by disease
Sheep » Illustrative » Of those under God's judgment
Sheep » Flocks of » Conducted to the richest pastures
Sheep » Described as » Being covered with a fleece
Sheep » Flocks of » Fled from strangers
but they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: because they know not the voice of strangers.
Sheep » Also » Sharon
Sheep » Also » Kedar
Sheep » Offered in sacrifice » By abraham
Sheep » Figurative » Of the defenselessness of servants of God (greek: diakonoi)
Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Sheep » Figurative » Of backsliders
Sheep » Flocks of » Guarded by dogs
Sheep » Also » Nebaioth
Sheep » Also » Bozrah
Sheep » The land of bashan adapted to the raising of
Sheep » Milk of, used for food
Sheep » Offered in sacrifice » By noah
Sheep » The first fleece of, belonged to the priests and the levites
Sheep » Offered in sacrifice » By abel
Topics on Sheep
Lost Sheep
1 Peter 2:25For you have wandered away like sheep; but you have now turned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Sacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats
Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctifies unto the purification of the flesh;
Scattered Like Sheep
Matthew 9:36And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.
Sheep And Goats
Matthew 25:32and all nations shall be gathered before Him: and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats:
Sheep Shearing
Acts 8:32and the place of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led like a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before the one shearing him is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.
Sheep, Figurative
Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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