Bible Cross References
diligent
Genesis 31:38-40
38
I have been with you now for twenty years; your sheep and your goats have not failed to reproduce, and I have not eaten any rams from your flocks.
39
Whenever a sheep was killed by wild animals, I always bore the loss myself. I didn't take it to you to show that it was not my fault. You demanded that I make good anything that was stolen during the day or during the night.
40
Many times I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was not able to sleep.
Genesis 33:13
Jacob answered, "You know that the children are weak, and I must think of the sheep and livestock with their young. If they are driven hard for even one day, the whole herd will die.
1 Samuel 17:28
Eliab, David's oldest brother, heard David talking to the men. He became angry with David and said, "What are you doing here? Who is taking care of those sheep of yours out there in the wilderness? You smart aleck, you! You just came to watch the fighting!"
1 Chronicles 27:29-31
2 Chronicles 26:10
He also built fortified towers in the open country and dug many cisterns, because he had large herds of livestock in the western foothills and plains. Because he loved farming, he encouraged the people to plant vineyards in the hill country and to farm the fertile land.
Ezekiel 34:22-24
22
But I will rescue my sheep and not let them be mistreated any more. I will judge each of my sheep and separate the good from the bad.
23
I will give them a king like my servant David to be their one shepherd, and he will take care of them.
24
I, the LORD, will be their God, and a king like my servant David will be their ruler. I have spoken.
Ezekiel 34:31-24
John 21:15-17
15
After they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Lord," he answered, "you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Take care of my lambs."
16
A second time Jesus said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" "Yes, Lord," he answered, "you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Take care of my sheep."
17
A third time Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter became sad because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" and so he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you!" Jesus said to him, "Take care of my sheep.
1 Peter 5:2
to be shepherds of the flock that God gave you and to take care of it willingly, as God wants you to, and not unwillingly. Do your work, not for mere pay, but from a real desire to serve.
look well
Proverbs 24:32
I looked at this, thought about it, and learned a lesson from it:
Exodus 7:23
Instead, he turned and went back to his palace without paying any attention even to this.
Deuteronomy 32:46
he said, "Be sure to obey all these commands that I have given you today. Repeat them to your children, so that they may faithfully obey all of God's teachings.