11 occurrences

'Sheep' in the Bible

All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

Verse ConceptsSheepGod Scattering IsraelScattered Like Sheep

Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

Verse ConceptsSheepKilling The InnocentAll Day

Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

Verse ConceptsFeedingGrave, TheSheolSheepInadequate ShepherdingDeath Of The WickedBeauty, Temporal Nature OfUprightnessHow Death Is InevitableThe Fact Of DeathDeath Of Loved One

I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)

Verse ConceptsFatnessAnimals, religious role ofPsalm InterjectionsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentPeople Of God, In OtFeelings Of Rejection By GodSelf PitySheepSuffering, Of The InnocentWill God Be Angry?Rejectionsmoking

But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.

Verse ConceptsGod our ShepherdSheep

From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdThe Accepted TimeTodayPasturing The FlockPay Attention To God!He Is Our Godpeople

I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdSheepLost SheepWanderersAnimals Going AstrayGod Searching For PeopleLost People

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