'Sheep' in the Bible

So Micaiah said:I saw all Israel scattered on the hillslike sheep without a shepherd.And the Lord said,“They have no master;let each return home in peace.”

Six hundred bulls and 3,000 sheep were consecrated.

for Hezekiah king of Judah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the congregation. Also, the officials contributed 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep for the congregation, and many priests consecrated themselves.

As for the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought a tenth of the cattle and sheep, and a tenth of the dedicated things that were consecrated to the Lord their God. They gathered them into large piles.

He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him abundant possessions.

Then Josiah donated 30,000 sheep, lambs, and young goats, plus 3,000 bulls from his own possessions, for the Passover sacrifices for all the lay people who were present.

Each day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me. An abundance of all kinds of wine was provided every 10 days. But I didn’t demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

But now they mock me,men younger than I am,whose fathers I would have refused to putwith my sheep dogs.

if he did not bless mewhile warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

all the sheep and oxen,as well as the animals in the wild,

You hand us over to be eaten like sheepand scatter us among the nations.

Because of You we are slain all day long;we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;Death will shepherd them.The upright will rule over them in the morning,and their form will waste away in Sheol,far from their lofty abode.

I will offer You fattened sheep as burnt offerings,with the fragrant smoke of rams;I will sacrifice oxen with goats.Selah

A Maskil of Asaph.Why have You rejected us forever, God?Why does Your anger burnagainst the sheep of Your pasture?

He led His people out like sheepand guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,will thank You forever;we will declare Your praiseto generation after generation.

For He is our God,and we are the people of His pasture,the sheep under His care.Today, if you hear His voice:

Acknowledge that Yahweh is God.He made us, and we are His —His people, the sheep of His pasture.

I wander like a lost sheep;seek Your servant,for I do not forget Your commands.

Tell me, you, the one I love:Where do you pasture your sheep?Where do you let them rest at noon?Why should I be like one who veils herselfbeside the flocks of your companions?

Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheepcoming up from washing,each one having a twin,and not one missing.

On that daya man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

You will not go to all the hillsthat were once tilled with a hoe,for fear of the thorns and briers.Those hills will be places for oxen to grazeand for sheep to trample.

Like wandering gazellesand like sheep without a shepherd,each one will turn to his own people,each one will flee to his own land.

But look: joy and gladness,butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,eating of meat, and drinking of wine—“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

You have not brought Me your sheep for burnt offeringsor honored Me with your sacrifices.I have not burdened you with offeringsor wearied you with incense.

We all went astray like sheep;we all have turned to our own way;and the Lord has punished Himfor the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed and afflicted,yet He did not open His mouth.Like a lamb led to the slaughterand like a sheep silent before her shearers,He did not open His mouth.

As for You, Lord, You know me; You see me.You test whether my heart is with You.Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughterand set them apart for the day of killing.

Look up and seethose coming from the north.Where is the flock entrusted to you,the sheep that were your pride?

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.

My people are lost sheep;their shepherds have led them astray,guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.They have wandered from mountain to hill;they have forgotten their resting place.

As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy and dark day.

“The Lord God says to you, My flock: I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and male goats.

“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey for you. I will judge between one sheep and another.

So the ruined cities will be filled with a flock of people, just as the flock of sheep for sacrifice is filled in Jerusalem during its appointed festivals. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

How the animals groan!The herds of cattle wander in confusionsince they have no pasture.Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.

The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

I will indeed gather all of you, Jacob;I will collect the remnant of Israel.I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,like a flock in the middle of its fold.It will be noisy with people.

Then the remnant of Jacobwill be among the nations, among many peoples,like a lion among animals of the forest,like a young lion among flocks of sheep,which tramples and tears as it passes through,and there is no one to rescue them.

Though the fig tree does not budand there is no fruit on the vines,though the olive crop failsand the fields produce no food,though there are no sheep in the penand no cattle in the stalls,

The seacoast will become pasturelandswith caves for shepherds and folds for sheep.

For the idols speak falsehood,and the diviners see illusions;they relate empty dreamsand offer empty comfort.Therefore the people wander like sheep;they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

Sword, awake against My shepherd,against the man who is My associate—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;I will also turn My hand against the little ones.

When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd.

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?

A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”

He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the 99 on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will run away because of Me, for it is written:I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

So as He stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then He began to teach them many things.

Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will run away, because it is written:I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep will be scattered.

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’

“Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

In the temple complex He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there.

After making a whip out of cords, He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables.

“I assure you: Anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

So Jesus said again, “I assure you: I am the door of the sheep.

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

“I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me,

as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep.

But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep.

My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.

A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”“Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.

He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.”“Feed My sheep,” Jesus said.

Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,so He does not open His mouth.

As it is written:Because of Youwe are being put to death all day long;we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep—with the blood of the everlasting covenant,

For you were like sheep going astray,but you have now returnedto the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine wheat flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves and human lives.