2 Samuel 5:2
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2 Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, (A)you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, (B)‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ”
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Matthew 2:6
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6 ‘But(A) you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
For out of you shall come a Ruler
(B)Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”
Micah 5:4
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4 And He shall stand and (A)feed[a] His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God;
And they shall abide,
For now He (B)shall be great
To the ends of the earth;
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- Micah 5:4 shepherd
Ezekiel 34:23
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23 I will establish one (A)shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—(B)My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.
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Ezekiel 37:24-25
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24 (A)“David My servant shall be king over them, and (B)they shall all have one shepherd; (C)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. 25 (D)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, (E)forever; and (F)My servant David shall be their prince forever.
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John 10:11
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11 (A)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
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2 Samuel 7:7
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7 Wherever I have (A)moved about with all the children of Israel, have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded (B)to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’ ” ’
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Isaiah 40:11
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11 He will (A)feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young.
1 Samuel 25:30
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30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord has done for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you (A)ruler over Israel,
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John 10:3-4
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3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by (A)name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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Isaiah 55:4
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1 Samuel 18:13
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13 Therefore Saul removed him from [a]his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and (A)he went out and came in before the people.
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- 1 Samuel 18:13 Lit. himself
Psalm 78:70-72
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70 (A)He also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From following (B)the ewes that had young He brought him,
(C)To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (D)integrity of his heart,
And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Numbers 27:17
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17 (A)who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (B)like sheep which have no shepherd.”
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1 Samuel 18:16
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16 But (A)all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
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1 Samuel 18:5
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5 So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and [a]behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
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- 1 Samuel 18:5 Or prospered
1 Samuel 16:12-13
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12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was (A)ruddy, (B)with [a]bright eyes, and good-looking. (C)And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and (D)the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
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- 1 Samuel 16:12 Lit. beautiful
1 Samuel 16:1
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David Anointed King
16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? (B)Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to (C)Jesse the Bethlehemite. For (D)I have [a]provided Myself a king among his sons.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:1 Lit. seen
Hebrews 2:10
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Bringing Many Sons to Glory
10 For it was fitting for Him, (A)for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation (B)perfect through sufferings.
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1 Samuel 25:28
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28 Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For (A)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord (B)fights the battles of the Lord, (C)and evil is not found in you throughout your days.
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1 Samuel 13:14
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14 (A)But now your kingdom shall not continue. (B)The Lord has sought for Himself a man (C)after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have (D)not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
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1 Samuel 9:16
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16 “Tomorrow about this time (A)I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, (B)and you shall anoint him [a]commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have (C)looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:16 prince or ruler
2 Kings 20:5
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5 “Return and tell Hezekiah (A)the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: (B)“I have heard your prayer, I have seen (C)your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
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