23 Bible Verses about Stock Keeping

And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones,

Build for you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep, and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.

and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to thee it shall come. Yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

Though ye lay between two boundaries, [it is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold.

A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

But he who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers, that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Thus says LORD: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.

And LORD said to me, Take to thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye. His arm shall be entirely dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

And those who tended them fled, and having gone into the city, they told everything, also the things of the men being demon possessed.

And when those who tended them saw what happened, they fled and reported it in the city and in the fields.

But which of you having a bondman plowing or feeding livestock, who, when he comes in from the field, will straightaway say, After coming near, sit down?

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land.

And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.

For thus says LORD to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, [even] if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, he will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them, so L

and with thee I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, and with thee I will break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke [of oxen], and with thee I will break in pieces governors and deputies.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they heard and saw, as it was told to them.