Bible Cross References
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Genesis 33:13
But Jacob said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die.
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those who are with young.
brought
Psalm 75:6
For exaltation comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psalm 75:7
But God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another.
Psalm 113:7
He raises the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap,
Psalm 113:8
that He may seat him with nobles; with the nobles of His people.
1 Samuel 2:7
Jehovah makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and He set the world upon them.
Jeremiah 27:5
I have made the earth, man, and the animals on the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to Me.
Jeremiah 27:6
And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant. And I have also given him the beasts of the field to serve him.
feed
2 Samuel 5:2
Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one leading Israel out and bringing them in; and Jehovah said to you, You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.
1 Chronicles 11:2
Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and Jehovah your God said to you, You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.
Ezekiel 34:23
I will raise up one Shepherd over them, and He shall feed them; My servant David. He shall feed them and be their Shepherd.
Ezekiel 34:24
And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and My Servant David a prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken.
Micah 5:2-4
2
And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are insignificant among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.
3
Therefore He will give them up until the time the one giving birth has given birth. Then the remnant of His brothers shall return to the sons of Israel.
4
And He shall stand and feed His flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah His God. And they shall dwell, for now He shall be great to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah 11:4-17
4
For thus says Jehovah my God, Feed the flock for slaughter,
5
whose possessors kill them and are not held guilty. And those who sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich. And their shepherds do not pity them.
6
For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land, says Jehovah. But, lo, I will deliver every man found, each one into his neighbor's hand, and into his king's hand. And they shall strike the land, and I will not deliver them out of their hand.
7
And I fed the flock of slaughter, the truly poor of the flock. And I took two staffs for Myself: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds. And I fed the flock.
8
I also cut off three shepherds in one month. And My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred Me.
9
Then I said, I will not feed you; that which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off. And let the ones remaining, each woman, eat the flesh of her neighbor.
10
And I took My staff, Beauty, and chopped it in two, that I might break My covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
11
And it was broken in that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching Me knew that it was the Word of Jehovah.
12
And I said to them, If it is good in your eyes, give Me My wages; and if not, refrain. And they weighed out My wages, thirty pieces of silver.
13
And Jehovah said to Me, Throw it to the potter, the magnificent price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.
14
Then I chopped in two My second staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15
And Jehovah said to Me, Take to yourself yet the vessels of a foolish shepherd.
16
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land; he shall not visit those who are cut off, nor will he seek the young, nor heal that which is broken, nor will he nourish that which still stands. But he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear off their hooves.
17
Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! The sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. His arm shall be completely dried up, and his right eye shall be totally darkened.
Matthew 2:6
And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the leaders of Judah; for out of you shall come One leading 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 am deeply fond of 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 am deeply fond of You. He said to him, Tend My sheep.
17
He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, are you deeply fond of Me? Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, Are you deeply fond of Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You discern all things; You know that I am deeply fond of You. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.
1 Peter 5:2
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not eager for dishonest gain but with a ready mind;