Bible Cross References
ewes
Genesis 33:13
And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.
Isaiah 40:11
He shall tend His flock as a shepherd, and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and He shall soothe them that are with young.
brought
Psalm 75:6
For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.
Psalm 75:7
For God is the judge; He puts one down, and raises up another.
Psalm 113:7
who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill;
Psalm 113:8
to set him with princes, [even] with the princes of His people;
1 Samuel 2:7
The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; He brings low, and lifts up.
1 Samuel 2:8
He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory;
Jeremiah 27:5
I have made the earth by My great power, and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem [good] in My eyes.
Jeremiah 27:6
I have given the earth to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labor for him.
feed
2 Samuel 5:2
And before, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be for a leader to My people Israel.
1 Chronicles 11:2
And in times past, when Saul was king, you were the one that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be ruler over Israel.
Ezekiel 34:23
And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall tend them, [even] My servant David, and he shall be their shepherd;
Ezekiel 34:24
and I the Lord will be to them a God, and David a prince in the midst of them; I the Lord have spoken it.
Micah 5:2-4
2
And you, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Judah; yet out of you shall one come forth to Me, to be a ruler of Israel; and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity.
3
Therefore shall He appoint them to wait till the time of her that labors: she shall bring forth, and then the remnant of their brothers shall return to the children of Israel.
4
And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed His flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah 11:4-17
4
Thus says the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;
5
which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.
6
Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men, everyone [of them,] into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.
7
And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Canaan: and I will take for Myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.
8
And I will cut off three shepherds in one month, and My soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against Me.
9
And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat the flesh of his neighbor.
10
And I will take My beautiful staff, and cast it away, that I may break My covenant which I made with all the people.
11
And it shall be broken in that day; and the Canaanites, the sheep that are kept for me, shall know that it is the word of the Lord.
12
And I will say to them, If it is good in your eyes, give me my price, or refuse it. And they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13
And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good metal, as I was proved for their sakes. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord.
14
And I cast away my second rod, even Line, that I might break the possession between Judah and Israel.
15
And the Lord said to me, Take to yourself shepherd's implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd.
16
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall dislocate the joints of their necks.
17
Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! The sword shall be upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Matthew 2:6
'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come forth a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.'"
John 21:15-17
15
So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I care for You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs."
16
He said to him again a second time, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I care for You." He said to him, "Shepherd My sheep."
17
He said to him the third time, "Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you care for Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you care for Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I care for You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.
1 Peter 5:2
shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not by compulsion, but rather willingly, not in fondness for dishonest gain, but rather eagerly;