Proverbs 27:23
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23 Be diligent to know the state of your (A)flocks,
And attend to your herds;
1 Peter 5:2
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2 (A)Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, (B)not by compulsion but [a]willingly, (C)not for dishonest gain but eagerly;
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- 1 Peter 5:2 NU adds according to God
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
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- John 21:16 have affection for
- John 21:17 NU John
- John 21:17 have affection for
2 Chronicles 26:10
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10 Also he built towers in the desert. He dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains; he also had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in [a]Carmel, for he loved the soil.
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- 2 Chronicles 26:10 Or the fertile fields
Genesis 33:13
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13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die.
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Proverbs 24:32
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32 When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:
John 10:3
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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.
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Ezekiel 34:31
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31 “You are My (A)flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.
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Deuteronomy 32:46
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46 and he said to them: (A)“Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your (B)children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law.
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Ezekiel 34:22-24
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22 therefore I will save My flock, and they shall no longer be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 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.
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1 Chronicles 27:29-31
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29 And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon, and Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the herds that were in the valleys. 30 Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels, Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys, 31 and Jaziz the (A)Hagrite was over the flocks. All these were the officials over King David’s property.
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Genesis 31:38-40
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38 These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock. 39 (A)That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. (B)You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.
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1 Samuel 17:28
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28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s (A)anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
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Exodus 7:23
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23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. Neither was his heart moved by this.
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