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Bible Concordances
Shepherds
Torrey's Topical Textbook
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- Early mention of
Genesis 4:2 - Usually carried a scrip or bag
1 Samuel 17:40 - Carried a staff or rod
Leviticus 27:32; Psalm 23:4 - Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks
Song of Solomon 1:8; Isaiah 38:12 - Members of the family both male and female acted as
Genesis 29:6; 1 Samuel 16:11; 17:15 - Had hired keepers under them
1 Samuel 17:20 - The unfaithfulness of hireling, alluded to
John 10:12 - CARE OF THE SHEEP BY, EXHIBITED IN
- Knowing them
John 10:14
- Going before and leading them
Psalm 77:20; 78:52; 80:1
- Seeking out good pasture for them
1 Chronicles 4:39-41; Psalm 23:2
- Numbering them when they return from pasture
Jeremiah 33:13
- Watching over them by night
Luke 2:8
- Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young
Genesis 33:13,14; Psalm 78:71
- Defending them when attacked by wild beasts
1 Samuel 17:34-36; Amos 3:12
- Searching them out when lost and straying
Ezekiel 34:12; Luke 15:4,5
- Attending them when sick
Ezekiel 34:16
- Knowing them
- An abomination to the Egyptians
Genesis 46:34 - ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of God as leader of Israel
Psalm 77:20; 80:1
- Of Christ as the good shepherd
Ezekiel 34:23; Zechariah 13:7; John 10:14; Hebrews 13:20
- Of kings as the leaders of the people
Isaiah 44:28; Jeremiah 6:3; 49:19
- Of ministers of the gospel
Jeremiah 23:4
- (Searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost
Ezekiel 34:12; Luke 15:2-7
- (Their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:13-16
- (Ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers
Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 34:2,10; Zechariah 11:7,8,15-17
- Of God as leader of Israel
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Shepherds'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ttt/s/shepherds.html. 1897.
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Shepherds'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ttt/s/shepherds.html. 1897.
