Numbers 27:17
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17 Give them someone who will guide them wherever they go and will lead them into battle, so the community of the Lord will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
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Ezekiel 34:5
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5 So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal.
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Mark 6:34
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34 Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
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1 Kings 22:17
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17 Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘Their master has been killed.[a] Send them home in peace.’”
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- 22:17 Hebrew These people have no master.
Matthew 9:36
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36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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Zechariah 10:2
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2 Household gods give worthless advice,
fortune-tellers predict only lies,
and interpreters of dreams pronounce
falsehoods that give no comfort.
So my people are wandering like lost sheep;
they are attacked because they have no shepherd.
2 Chronicles 1:10
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10 Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly,[a] for who could possibly govern this great people of yours?”
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- 1:10 Hebrew to go out and come in before this people.
Deuteronomy 31:2
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2 he said, “I am now 120 years old, and I am no longer able to lead you. The Lord has told me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan River.’
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1 Kings 3:7
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7 “Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around.
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1 Samuel 18:13
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13 Finally, Saul sent him away and appointed him commander over 1,000 men, and David faithfully led his troops into battle.
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1 Samuel 8:20
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20 “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”
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1 Peter 2:25
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25 Once you were like sheep
who wandered away.
But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
the Guardian of your souls.
John 10:9
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9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved.[a] They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
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- 10:9 Or will find safety.
John 10:3-4
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3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice.
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Matthew 15:24
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24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
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Matthew 10:6
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6 but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep.
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Zechariah 13:7
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The Scattering of the Sheep
7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
the man who is my partner,”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“Strike down the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,
and I will turn against the lambs.
2 Chronicles 18:16
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16 Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘Their master has been killed.[a] Send them home in peace.’”
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- 18:16 Hebrew These people have no master.
2 Samuel 5:2
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2 In the past,[a] when Saul was our king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the Lord told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be Israel’s leader.’”
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- 5:2 Or For some time.
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