9 Bible Verses about Shepherds, As Occupations

Then the Lord answered him and said, Hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him away to drink?

When therefore they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a friend to you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. Again he said to him a second time; Simon, son of John, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a friend to you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. He said to him a third time; Simon, son of John, are you a friend to me? Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, Are you a friend to me? and he said to him, Lord you know all things; you know that I am a friend to you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.

To him the gate-keeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his sheep by name, and leads them out. When he puts out all his sheep he goes before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.

To him the gate-keeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his sheep by name, and leads them out.

and all the nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

And there were shepherds in that country staying in the fields and watching their flock by night.

I tell you most truly, he that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs in at some other place, he is a thief and robber;

What think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain, and go and seek for the lost one?

What man of you having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost sheep till he finds it.