Bible Cross References
people
Jeremiah 50:17
The LORD says, "The people of Israel are like sheep, chased and scattered by lions. First, they were attacked by the emperor of Assyria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia gnawed on their bones.
Psalm 119:176
I wander about like a lost sheep; so come and look for me, your servant, because I have not neglected your laws.
Isaiah 53:6
All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going his own way. But the LORD made the punishment fall on him, the punishment all of us deserved.
Matthew 9:36
As he saw the crowds, his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were worried and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 10:6
Instead, you are to go to the lost sheep of the people of Israel.
Matthew 15:24
Then Jesus replied, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the people of Israel."
Matthew 18:11-13
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"What do you think a man does who has one hundred sheep and one of them gets lost? He will leave the other ninety-nine grazing on the hillside and go and look for the lost sheep.
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When he finds it, I tell you, he feels far happier over this one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.
Luke 15:4-7
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"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them---what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it.
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When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders
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and carry it back home. Then you call your friends and neighbors together and say to them, 'I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!'
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In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.
1 Peter 2:25
You were like sheep that had lost their way, but now you have been brought back to follow the Shepherd and Keeper of your souls.
their shepherds
Jeremiah 10:21
I answered, "Our leaders are stupid; they do not ask the LORD for guidance. This is why they have failed, and our people have been scattered.
Jeremiah 23:11-15
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The LORD says, "The prophets and the priests are godless; I have caught them doing evil in the Temple itself.
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The paths they follow will be slippery and dark; I will make them stumble and fall. I am going to bring disaster on them; the time of their punishment is coming. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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I have seen the sin of Samaria's prophets: they have spoken in the name of Baal and have led my people astray.
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But I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem do even worse: they commit adultery and tell lies; they help people to do wrong, so that no one stops doing what is evil. To me they are all as bad as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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"So then, this is what I, the LORD Almighty, say about the prophets of Jerusalem: I will give them bitter plants to eat and poison to drink, because they have spread ungodliness throughout the land."
Isaiah 56:10-12
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He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!
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They are like greedy dogs that never get enough. These leaders have no understanding. They each do as they please and seek their own advantage.
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'Let's get some wine,' these drunkards say, 'and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!' "
Ezekiel 34:4-12
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You have not taken care of the weak ones, healed the ones that are sick, bandaged the ones that are hurt, brought back the ones that wandered off, or looked for the ones that were lost. Instead, you treated them cruelly.
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Because the sheep had no shepherd, they were scattered, and wild animals killed and ate them.
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So my sheep wandered over the high hills and the mountains. They were scattered over the face of the earth, and no one looked for them or tried to find them.
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"Now, you shepherds, listen to what I, the LORD, am telling you.
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As surely as I am the living God, you had better listen to me. My sheep have been attacked by wild animals that killed and ate them because there was no shepherd. My shepherds did not try to find the sheep. They were taking care of themselves and not the sheep.
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So listen to me, you shepherds.
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I, the Sovereign LORD, declare that I am your enemy. I will take my sheep away from you and never again let you be their shepherds; never again will I let you take care only of yourselves. I will rescue my sheep from you and not let you eat them.
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"I, the Sovereign LORD, tell you that I myself will look for my sheep and take care of them
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in the same way as shepherds take care of their sheep that were scattered and are brought together again. I will bring them back from all the places where they were scattered on that dark, disastrous day.
Zechariah 11:4-9
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The LORD my God said to me, "Act the part of the shepherd of a flock of sheep that are going to be butchered.
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Their owners kill them and go unpunished. They sell the meat and say, 'Praise the LORD! We are rich!' Even their own shepherds have no pity on them."
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(The LORD said, "I will no longer pity anyone on earth. I myself will put all the people in the power of their rulers. These rulers will devastate the earth, and I will not save it from their power.")
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Those who bought and sold the sheep hired me, and I became the shepherd of the sheep that were going to be butchered. I took two sticks: one I called "Favor" and the other "Unity." And I took care of the flock.
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I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.
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Then I said to the flock, "I will not be your shepherd any longer. Let those die who are to die. Let those be destroyed who are to be destroyed. Those who are left will destroy one another."
on the
Jeremiah 2:20
The Sovereign LORD says, "Israel, long ago you rejected my authority; you refused to obey me and worship me. On every high hill and under every green tree you worshiped fertility gods.
Jeremiah 3:6
When Josiah was king, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what Israel, that unfaithful woman, has done? She has turned away from me, and on every high hill and under every green tree she has acted like a prostitute.
Jeremiah 3:23
We were not helped at all by our pagan worship on the hilltops. Help for Israel comes only from the LORD our God.
Ezekiel 34:6
So my sheep wandered over the high hills and the mountains. They were scattered over the face of the earth, and no one looked for them or tried to find them.
have forgotten
Jeremiah 2:32
Does a young woman forget her jewelry, or a bride her wedding dress? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can be counted.
Psalm 32:7
You are my hiding place; you will save me from trouble. I sing aloud of your salvation, because you protect me.
Psalm 90:1
O Lord, you have always been our home.
Psalm 91:1
Whoever goes to the LORD for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty,
Psalm 116:7
Be confident, my heart, because the LORD has been good to me.
Isaiah 30:15
The Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says to the people, "Come back and quietly trust in me. Then you will be strong and secure." But you refuse to do it.
Isaiah 32:2
Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.
resting place
Psalm 23:2
He lets me rest in fields of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water.
Song of Songs 1:7
Tell me, my love, Where will you lead your flock to graze? Where will they rest from the noonday sun? Why should I need to look for you among the flocks of the other shepherds?
Song of Songs 1:8
Don't you know the place, loveliest of women? Go and follow the flock; find pasture for your goats near the tents of the shepherds.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will let them graze in safety in the mountain meadows and the valleys and in all the green pastures of the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 34:25-28
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I will make a covenant with them that guarantees their security. I will get rid of all the dangerous animals in the land, so that my sheep can live safely in the fields and sleep in the forests.
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"I will bless them and let them live around my sacred hill. There I will bless them with showers of rain when they need it.
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The trees will bear fruit, the fields will produce crops, and everyone will live in safety on his own land. When I break my people's chains and set them free from those who made them slaves, then they will know that I am the LORD.
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The heathen nations will not plunder them any more, and the wild animals will not kill and eat them. They will live in safety, and no one will terrify them.