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A thread through the Bible

The Shepherd

The LORD is my shepherd, and then He walks among us.

  1. Genesis 48:15

    Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

    Old Jacob looks back on his life and calls God “the God who has been my shepherd all my life.”

  2. Psalm 23:1

    A Psalm of David. 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

    David, a shepherd himself, says: “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

  3. Isaiah 40:11

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

    God will tend His flock like a shepherd, gathering the lambs in His arms and carrying them close.

  4. Ezekiel 34:11

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

    Israel's leaders failed, so God promises: “I Myself will search for My sheep.”

  5. Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

    A strange prophecy: “Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.”

  6. Matthew 26:31

    Then Jesus said to them, This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

    On the night He was arrested, Jesus quotes that verse about Himself.

  7. John 10:11

    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

    “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.”

  8. 1 Peter 5:4

    And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

    Jesus is the Chief Shepherd who is coming back.

  9. Revelation 7:17

    For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’

    The Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd and lead them to springs of living water. The Lamb has become the Shepherd.

Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

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