24 Bible Verses about Those Who Kept Stock

Jehu then left for Samaria. He was at the meeting-place of the shepherds of the sheep.

Shepherds in the same country were in the field keeping watch by night over their flock.

They moved away from Jacob with this flock as far as he could travel in three days. Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flocks.

Jacob responded: You know how much work I have done for you and what has happened to your livestock under my care.

These were the sons of Zibeon: both Aiah and Anah. This was the Anah who found the water in the wilderness as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

Be sure to tell him that you have taken care of livestock all your lives, just as your ancestors did. In this way he will let you live in the region of Goshen. Joseph said this because Egyptians will have nothing to do with shepherds (consider shepherds loathsome).

Your children will be shepherds in the desert for forty years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies dead in the desert.

That same day one of Saul's servants who was obligated to stay in Jehovah's presence was there. His name was Doeg. He was chief herdsman for Saul's shepherds from Edom.

Jehovah of Hosts said: 'In this land that is like a desert and where no people or animals live, there will once again be pastures where shepherds can take their sheep.'

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.

Jacob asked: How is he? They replied: He is well. Here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

Laban asked: What should I give you? Jacob answered: Do not give me anything. Instead, do something for me. Then I will go back to taking care of and watching your flocks again.

This is the story of Jacob and his descendants. Joseph was a seventeen-year-old young man. He took care of the flocks with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about the bad things his brothers were doing.

His brothers went to Shechem to take care of their father's flock.

The king asked: What is your occupation? We are shepherds, Sir, just as our ancestors were, they answered.

One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.

Are these all the sons you have? Samuel asked. There is still the youngest one, Jesse answered. He is tending sheep. Samuel responded: Send someone to get him. We will not continue until he gets here.

Saul sent a message to Jesse: Tell your son David to leave your sheep and come here to me.

David went back and forth from Saul's camp to Bethlehem, where he tended his father's flock.

David replied to Saul: I am a shepherd for my father's sheep. When a lion or a bear comes and carries off a sheep from the flock,

The words of Amos concerning Israel. He was among the herdsmen of Tekoa in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel. It was two years before the earthquake.

Amos told Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son. I was a herdsman, and a grower of sycamore figs.