Jeremiah 23:4
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4 I will set up (A)shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 3:14-15
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14 “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; (A)“for I am married to you. I will take you, (B)one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to (C)Zion. 15 And I will give you (D)shepherds according to My heart, who will (E)feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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1 Peter 1:5
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5 (A)who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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John 21:15-17
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Jesus Restores Peter
15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of [a]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [b]love You.”
He said to him, (A)“Feed My lambs.”
16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of [c]Jonah, do you love Me?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [d]love You.”
(B)He said to him, “Tend My (C)sheep.”
17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of [e]Jonah, do you [f]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”
And he said to Him, “Lord, (D)You know all things; You know that I love You.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
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- John 21:15 NU John
- John 21:15 have affection for
- John 21:16 NU John
- John 21:16 have affection for
- John 21:17 NU John
- John 21:17 have affection for
1 Peter 5:1-4
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Shepherd the Flock
5 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a (A)witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the (B)glory that will be revealed: 2 (C)Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, (D)not by compulsion but [a]willingly, (E)not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as (F)being [b]lords over (G)those entrusted to you, but (H)being examples to the flock; 4 and when (I)the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive (J)the crown of glory that does not fade away.
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- 1 Peter 5:2 NU adds according to God
- 1 Peter 5:3 masters
Acts 20:28-29
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28 (A)Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit (B)has made you overseers, to shepherd the church [a]of God (C)which He purchased (D)with His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departure (E)savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
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- Acts 20:28 M of the Lord and God
John 18:9
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9 that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, (A)“Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.”
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John 17:12
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12 While I was with them [a]in the world, (A)I kept them in [b]Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and (B)none of them is [c]lost (C)except the son of [d]perdition, (D)that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
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- John 17:12 NU omits in the world
- John 17:12 NU Your name which You gave Me. And I guarded them; (or it;)
- John 17:12 destroyed
- John 17:12 destruction
John 10:27-30
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27 (A)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 (B)My Father, (C)who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 (D)I and My Father are one.”
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John 6:39-40
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39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, (A)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, (B)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
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Micah 7:14
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God Will Forgive Israel
14 Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
The flock of Your heritage,
Who dwell [a]solitarily in a (A)woodland,
In the midst of Carmel;
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
As in days of old.
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- Micah 7:14 Alone
Micah 5:4-5
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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;
5 And this One (C)shall be peace.
Judgment on Israel’s Enemies
When the Assyrian comes into our land,
And when he treads in our palaces,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight princely men.
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- Micah 5:4 shepherd
Micah 5:2
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The Coming Messiah
2 “But you, (A)Bethlehem (B)Ephrathah,
Though you are little (C)among the (D)thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be (E)Ruler in Israel,
(F)Whose goings forth are from of old,
From [a]everlasting.”
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- Micah 5:2 Lit. the days of eternity
Hosea 3:3-5
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3 And I said to her, “You shall (A)stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.”
4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days (B)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without (C)ephod or (D)teraphim. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and (E)seek the Lord their God and (F)David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the (G)latter days.
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Ezekiel 34:23-31
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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. 24 And (C)I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David (D)a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
25 (E)“I will make a covenant of peace with them, and (F)cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they (G)will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places all around (H)My hill (I)a blessing; and I will (J)cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be (K)showers of blessing. 27 Then (L)the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have (M)broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who (N)enslaved them. 28 And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but (O)they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid. 29 I will raise up for them a (P)garden[a] of renown, and they shall (Q)no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, (R)nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. 30 Thus they shall know that (S)I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are (T)My people,” says the Lord God.’
31 “You are My (U)flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 34:29 Lit. planting place
Jeremiah 46:27-28
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God Will Preserve Israel(A)
27 “But(B) do not fear, O My servant Jacob,
And do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will (C)save you from afar,
And your offspring from the land of their captivity;
Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;
No one shall make him afraid.
28 Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,
“For I am with you;
For I will make a complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you,
But I will not make (D)a complete end of you.
I will rightly (E)correct you,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”
Jeremiah 33:26
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26 (A)then I will (B)cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”
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Jeremiah 31:10
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10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
And declare it in the [a]isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel (A)will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
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- Jeremiah 31:10 Or coastlands
Jeremiah 30:10
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10 ‘Therefore (A)do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the Lord,
‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you from afar,
And your seed (B)from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet,
And no one shall make him afraid.
Isaiah 11:11
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11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
(A)From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the [a]islands of the sea.
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- Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
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 31:49
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49 and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command, and not a man of us is missing.
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