Micah 7:14
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14 Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock that belongs to you,
which lives alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;
let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
Psalm 23:1-4
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Psalm 23
The Divine Shepherd
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.(A)
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;[a](B)
3 he restores my soul.[b]
He leads me in right paths[c]
for his name’s sake.(C)
4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[d]
I fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.(D)
Micah 5:4
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4 And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth,(A)
Isaiah 49:10
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10 they shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them down,
for he who has pity on them will lead them
and by springs of water will guide them.(A)
John 10:27-30
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27 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.(A) 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.(B) 29 My Father, in regard to what he has given me, is greater than all,[a] and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand.(C) 30 The Father and I are one.”
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- 10.29 Other ancient authorities read What my Father has given me is greater than all else or My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all
Amos 9:11
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The Restoration of David’s Kingdom
11 On that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its[a] breaches
and raise up its[b] ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,(A)
Jeremiah 50:19-20
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19 I will restore Israel to its pasture, and it shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead its hunger shall be satisfied.(A) 20 In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought, and there shall be none, and the sins of Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon the remnant that I have spared.(B)
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Isaiah 40:11
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11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms
and carry them in his bosom
and gently lead the mother sheep.(A)
Isaiah 37:24
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24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon;
I felled its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses;
I came to its remotest height,
its densest forest.(A)
Psalm 100:3
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3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;[a]
we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.(A)
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- 100.3 Or and not we ourselves
Psalm 95:7
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7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture
and the sheep of his hand.
O that today you would listen to his voice!(A)
Psalm 28:9
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9 O save your people and bless your heritage;
be their shepherd and carry them forever.(A)
John 17:16
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16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
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Matthew 2:6
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6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,
for from you shall come a ruler
who is to shepherd[a] my people Israel.’ ”(A)
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- 2.6 Or rule
Malachi 3:4
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4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as in the days of old and as in former years.
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Zephaniah 3:13
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13 the remnant of Israel;
they shall do no wrong
and utter no lies,
nor shall a deceitful tongue
be found in their mouths.
Then they will pasture and lie down,
and no one shall make them afraid.(A)
Ezekiel 34:13-14
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13 I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them into their own land, and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land.(A) 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.(B)
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Lamentations 5:21
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21 Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored;
renew our days as of old—(A)
Lamentations 1:7
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7 Jerusalem remembers[a] all the precious things
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy
and there was no one to help her,
the enemy looked on;
they mocked over her downfall.(A)
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- 1.7 Q ms: MT adds in the days of her affliction and wandering
Isaiah 65:10
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10 Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks
and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
for my people who have sought me.(A)
Isaiah 35:2
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2 it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice with joy and shouting.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord,
the majesty of our God.]][a](A)
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- 34.17–35.2 Q ms lacks 34.17–35.2
Psalm 143:5
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5 I remember the days of old;
I think about all your deeds;
I meditate on the works of your hands.(A)
Psalm 77:5-11
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5 I consider the days of old
and remember the years of long ago.(A)
6 I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
I meditate and search my spirit:[b](B)
7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(C)
8 Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
Are his promises at an end for all time?(D)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah(E)
10 And I say, “It is my grief
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”(F)
11 I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;
I will remember your wonders of old.(G)
Deuteronomy 33:28
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28 So Israel lives in safety,
untroubled is Jacob’s abode[a]
in a land of grain and wine,
where the heavens drop down dew.(A)
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- 33.28 Or fountain
Numbers 23:9
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9 For from the top of the crags I see him;
from the hills I behold him.
Here is a people living alone
and not reckoning itself among the nations!(A)
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