Bible Concordances
Shepherds

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• 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

• 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