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Bible Verses About Shepherd

This collection includes 50 passages about Shepherd. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

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And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

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As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

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For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

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But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

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And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.

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To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

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And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;

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But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

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Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;

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For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

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Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

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Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

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And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

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Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

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And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

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Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

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Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

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Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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

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He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

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From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

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And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.

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The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

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And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

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And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

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My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

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For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

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And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

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As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

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