Jeremiah 23:4
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4 I will place shepherds(A) over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid(B) or terrified, nor will any be missing,(C)” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:14-15
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14 “Return,(A) faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband.(B) I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion. 15 Then I will give you shepherds(C) after my own heart,(D) who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.
1 Peter 1:5
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5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power(A) until the coming of the salvation(B) that is ready to be revealed(C) in the last time.
John 21:15-17
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Jesus Reinstates Peter
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”(A)
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”(B)
16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”(C)
17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?”(D) He said, “Lord, you know all things;(E) you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.(F)
1 Peter 5:1-4
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To the Elders and the Flock
5 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder(A) and a witness(B) of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:(C) 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock(D) that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;(E) not pursuing dishonest gain,(F) but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over(G) those entrusted to you, but being examples(H) to the flock. 4 And when the Chief Shepherd(I) appears, you will receive the crown of glory(J) that will never fade away.(K)
Acts 20:28-29
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28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(F) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(G)
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
John 18:9
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9 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- John 18:9 John 6:39
John 17:12
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John 10:27-30
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27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(A) and they follow me.(B) 28 I give them eternal life,(C) and they shall never perish;(D) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(E) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(F) is greater than all[a];(G) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(H)
Footnotes
- John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all
John 6:39-40
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39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(A) but raise them up at the last day.(B) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(C) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(D) and I will raise them up at the last day.”
Micah 7:14
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Micah 5:4-5
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Micah 5:2
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Hosea 3:3-5
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3 Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
4 For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(A) without sacrifice(B) or sacred stones,(C) without ephod(D) or household gods.(E) 5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(F) the Lord their God and David their king.(G) They will come trembling(H) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(I)
Ezekiel 34:23-31
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23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(A) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(B) 24 I the Lord will be their God,(C) and my servant David(D) will be prince among them.(E) I the Lord have spoken.(F)
25 “‘I will make a covenant(G) of peace(H) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(I) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(J) 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](K) I will send down showers in season;(L) there will be showers of blessing.(M) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(N) and the ground will yield its crops;(O) the people will be secure(P) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(Q) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(R) 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(S) and no one will make them afraid.(T) 29 I will provide for them a land renowned(U) for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine(V) in the land or bear the scorn(W) of the nations.(X) 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.(Y) 31 You are my sheep,(Z) the sheep of my pasture,(AA) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed
Jeremiah 46:27-28
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27 “Do not be afraid,(A) Jacob(B) my servant;(C)
do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.(D)
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will make him afraid.
28 Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
for I am with you,”(E) declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy(F) all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”
Jeremiah 33:26
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26 then I will reject(A) the descendants of Jacob(B) and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes[a](C) and have compassion(D) on them.’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 33:26 Or will bring them back from captivity
Jeremiah 31:10
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Jeremiah 30:10
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Isaiah 11:11
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11 In that day(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(B) of his people from Assyria,(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(D) from Cush,[a](E) from Elam,(F) from Babylonia,[b] from Hamath(G) and from the islands(H) of the Mediterranean.(I)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
Psalm 78:70-72
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Numbers 31:49
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49 and said to him, “Your servants have counted(A) the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.(B)
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