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2 Samuel 5 2
Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The Lord also said to you,‘ You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.’”
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Genesis 33:13
Jacob replied,“ My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing sheep and cattle. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.
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Psalms 75:6-7
Exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the desert,for God is the Judge: He brings down one and exalts another.
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1 Samuel 2 7-1 Samuel 2 8
The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth; He humbles and He exalts.He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the garbage pile. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; He has set the world on them.
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Psalms 28:9
Save Your people, bless Your possession, shepherd them, and carry them forever.
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1 Chronicles 11 2
Even when Saul was king, you led us out to battle and brought us back. The Lord your God also said to you,‘ You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over My people Israel.’”
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Isaiah 40:11
He protects His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them in the fold of His garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
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Jeremiah 27:5-6
By My great strength and outstretched arm, I made the earth, and the people, and animals on the face of the earth. I give it to anyone I please.So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him.
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John 21:15-17
When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” he said to Him,“ You know that I love You.”“ Feed My lambs,” He told him.A second time He asked him,“ Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”“ Yes, Lord,” he said to Him,“ You know that I love You.”“ Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.He asked him the third time,“ Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time,“ Do you love Me?” He said,“ Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.”“ Feed My sheep,” Jesus said.
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Micah 5:2-4
Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; One will come from you to be ruler over Israel for Me. His origin is from antiquity, from eternity.Therefore, He will abandon them until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the people of Israel.He will stand and shepherd them in the strength of Yahweh, in the majestic name of Yahweh His God. They will live securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
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Psalms 113:7-8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the garbage pilein order to seat them with nobles— with the nobles of His people.
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2 Samuel 7 8
“ Now this is what you are to say to My servant David:‘ This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel.
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1 Peter 5 2
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;
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1 Samuel 10 1
Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it out on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said,“ Hasn’t the Lord anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
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Zechariah 11:4-17
Yahweh my God says this:“ Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. Those who sell them say: Praise the Lord because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land”— this is the Lord’s declaration.“ Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.”So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.Then I said,“ I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is going astray go astray; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples.It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.Then I said to them,“ If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, 30 pieces of silver.“ Throw it to the potter,” the Lord said to me— this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the Lord, to the potter.Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.The Lord also said to me:“ Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither away and his right eye go completely blind!”
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Ezekiel 34:23-24
I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
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Matthew 2:6
And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the leaders of Judah: because out of you will come a leader who will shepherd My people Israel.”
