Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Sheep’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Sheep’ occurs 218 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 4:2 And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer.Genesis 4:2
Genesis 12:16 In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.Genesis 12:16
Genesis 13:5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.Genesis 13:5
Genesis 20:14 Therefore, Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men servants and women servants, and he gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.Genesis 20:14
Genesis 21:27 And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and he gave them to Abimelech. And both of them struck a pact.Genesis 21:27
Genesis 24:35 And the Lord has blessed my lord greatly, and he has become great. And he has given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, men servants and women servants, camels and donkeys.Genesis 24:35
Genesis 26:14 Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very large family. Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,Genesis 26:14
Genesis 29:2 And he saw a well in a field, and also three flocks of sheep reclining near it. For the animals were watered from it, and its mouth was closed with a great stone.Genesis 29:2
Genesis 29:3 And the custom was, when all the sheep were gathered together, to roll away the stone. And when the flocks had been refreshed, they placed it over the mouth of the well again.Genesis 29:3
Genesis 29:7 And Jacob said, “There is still much daylight remaining, and it is not time to return the flocks to the sheepfold. Give the sheep to drink first, and then lead them back to pasture.”Genesis 29:7
Genesis 29:9 They were still speaking, and behold, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep; for she pastured the flock.Genesis 29:9
Genesis 29:10 When Jacob had seen her, and he realized that she was his maternal first cousin, and that these were the sheep of his uncle Laban, he removed the stone which closed the well.Genesis 29:10
Genesis 30:31 And Laban said, “What shall I give to you?” But he said, “I want nothing. But if you will do what I ask, I will feed and guard your sheep again.Genesis 30:31
Genesis 30:32 Go around through all your flocks and separate all the sheep of variegated or spotted fleece; and whatever will be darkened or blemished or variegated, as much among the sheep as among the goats, will be my wages.Genesis 30:32
Genesis 30:33 And my justice will answer on my behalf tomorrow, when the time of settlement arrives before you. And all that is not variegated or blemished or darkened, as much among the sheep as among the goats, these will prove me to be a thief.”Genesis 30:33
Genesis 30:35 And on that day he separated the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams with variegations or with blemishes. But every one of the flock which was of one color, that is, of white or of black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.Genesis 30:35
Genesis 30:39 And it happened that, in the very heat of joining together, the sheep looked upon the branches, and they bore the blemished and the variegated, those speckled with diverse color.Genesis 30:39
Genesis 30:41 Therefore, when the first to arrive were climbing on the ewes, Jacob placed the branches in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams and the sheep, so that they might conceive while they were gazing upon them.Genesis 30:41
Genesis 31:8 Whenever he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ all the sheep gave birth to speckled newborns. Yet truly, when he said the contrary, ‘You will take whatever is white for your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to white ones.Genesis 31:8
Genesis 31:19 At that time, Laban had gone to shear the sheep, and so Rachel stole her father’s idols.Genesis 31:19
Genesis 32:5 I have oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, and men servants, and women servants. And now I send an ambassador to my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.” ’ ”Genesis 32:5
Genesis 32:7 Jacob was very afraid. And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him, likewise the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,Genesis 32:7
Genesis 33:13 And Jacob said: “My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day.Genesis 33:13
Genesis 34:28 Taking their sheep, and herds, and donkeys, and laying waste to everything else that was in their houses and in their fields,Genesis 34:28
Genesis 37:13 Israel said to him: “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” And when he answered,Genesis 37:13
Genesis 38:12 Then, after many days had passed, the daughter of Shua, the wife of Judah, died. And when he accepted consolation after his mourning, he went up to the shearers of his sheep at Timnah, he and Hirah, the herdsman of the Adullamite flock.Genesis 38:12
Genesis 38:13 And it was reported to Tamar that her father-in-law had gone up to Timnah to shear the sheep.Genesis 38:13
Genesis 45:10 and you will live in the land of Goshen. And you will be next to me, you and your sons and the sons of your sons, your sheep and your herds, and all that you possess.Genesis 45:10
Genesis 46:32 And these honorable men are pastors of sheep, and they have the task of feeding the flock. Their cattle, and herds, and all that they were able to hold, they have brought with them.’Genesis 46:32
Genesis 46:34 You will respond, ‘Your servants are pastors of honor, from our infancy even to the present time, both we and our fathers.’ Now you will say this so that you may be able to live in the land of Goshen, because the Egyptians detest all pastors of sheep.”Genesis 46:34
Genesis 47:1 And so Joseph entered and reported to Pharaoh, saying: “My father and brothers, their sheep and herds, and everything that they possess, have arrived from the land of Canaan. And behold, they stand together in the land of Goshen.”Genesis 47:1
Genesis 47:3 And he questioned them, “What do you have for work?” They responded: “Your servants are pastors of sheep, both we and our fathers.Genesis 47:3
Genesis 47:17 And when they had brought them, he gave them food for their horses, and sheep, and oxen, and donkeys. And he sustained them in that year in exchange for their cattle.Genesis 47:17
Number of the word / term Sheep in Genesis: 33
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 2:17 The shepherds overcame them and drove them away. And Moses rose up, and defending the girls, he watered their sheep.Exodus 2:17
Exodus 2:19 They responded: “A man of Egypt freed us from the hands of the shepherds. Moreover, he also drew water with us and gave the sheep to drink.”Exodus 2:19
Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was pasturing the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro, a priest of Midian. And when he had driven the flock into the interior of the desert, he came to the mountain of God, Horeb.Exodus 3:1
Exodus 9:3 behold, my hand will be over your fields. And a very grievous pestilence will be upon the horses, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the oxen, and the sheep.Exodus 9:3
Exodus 10:9 Moses said: “We will travel with our little ones and our elderly, with our sons and daughters, with our sheep and herds. For it is a solemnity of the Lord our God.”Exodus 10:9
Exodus 10:24 And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and he said to them: “Go, sacrifice to the Lord. Only let your sheep and herds remain behind. Your little ones may go with you.”Exodus 10:24
Exodus 12:32 Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you requested, and as you go away, bless me.”Exodus 12:32
Exodus 12:38 But also an innumerable mix of common people ascended with them, sheep and herds and animals of diverse kinds, exceedingly many.Exodus 12:38
Exodus 13:13 The firstborn of a donkey you will exchange for a sheep. And if you will not redeem it, you shall put it to death. But every firstborn of man among your sons, you shall redeem with a price.Exodus 13:13
Exodus 20:24 You shall make an altar from the earth for me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be. I will come to you, and I will bless you.Exodus 20:24
Exodus 22:1 “If anyone will have stolen an ox or a sheep, and if he kills it or sells it, then he will restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.Exodus 22:1
Exodus 22:4 If whatever he stole should be found with him, a living thing, either an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, he shall repay double.Exodus 22:4
Exodus 22:9 so as to perpetrate any fraud, such as with an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, or clothing, nor to do anything that would be able to cause damage. The case of both shall be brought before the heavens. And if they give judgment against him, he shall repay double to his neighbor.Exodus 22:9
Exodus 22:10 If anyone will have entrusted a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to the keeping of his neighbor, and it will have died, or become disabled, or have been captured by enemies, and no one saw it,Exodus 22:10
Exodus 22:30 You shall do likewise with those of the oxen and the sheep. For seven days, let it be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall repay it to me.Exodus 22:30
Exodus 34:3 Let no one ascend with you, and do not let anyone be seen throughout the entire mountain. Likewise, do not let the oxen or the sheep pasture up against it.”Exodus 34:3
Exodus 34:19 All of the male kind, which open the womb, shall be mine: from all the animals, as much of oxen as of sheep, it shall be mine.Exodus 34:19
Exodus 34:20 The firstborn of a donkey, you shall redeem with a sheep. But if you will not give a price for it, it shall be slain. The firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. You shall not appear empty in my sight.Exodus 34:20
Number of the word / term Sheep in Exodus: 18
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 1:2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man among you who will offer to the Lord a sacrifice from the cattle, that is, an offering of victims of oxen or sheep:Leviticus 1:2
Leviticus 1:10 But if the offering is from the flocks, a holocaust either of sheep or goats, he shall offer a male without blemish.Leviticus 1:10
Leviticus 3:6 Yet truly, if his oblation and the sacrifice of peace offerings will be from the sheep, whether he will offer a male or a female, they shall be immaculate.Leviticus 3:6
Leviticus 4:32 But if instead he will offer from the flock a victim for his sin, specifically, an immaculate female sheep:Leviticus 4:32
Leviticus 7:23 Say to the sons of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat.Leviticus 7:23
Leviticus 14:10 on the eighth day, he shall take two immaculate lambs, and a one-year-old female sheep without blemish, and three tenths of fine wheat flour, which has been sprinkled with oil, as a sacrifice, and separately, one twelfth hin of oil.Leviticus 14:10
Leviticus 17:3 Any man at all of the house of Israel, if he will have killed an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp or beyond the camp,Leviticus 17:3
Leviticus 22:19 in order to be offered through you, shall offer an immaculate male from the oxen, or from the sheep, or from the goats.Leviticus 22:19
Leviticus 22:21 The man who will have offered a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, either fulfilling his vows or offering spontaneously, whether of oxen, or of sheep, shall offer what is immaculate, so that it may be acceptable. There shall be no blemish in it.Leviticus 22:21
Leviticus 22:23 An ox or a sheep, having an amputated ear or tail, you are able to offer voluntarily, but a vow is not able to be fulfilled by these.Leviticus 22:23
Leviticus 22:27 An ox, a sheep, or a goat, when they have been born, shall be under the udder of their mother for seven days. But on the eighth day and thereafter, they are able to be offered to the Lord.Leviticus 22:27
Leviticus 22:28 Whether it is an ox, or a sheep, they shall not be immolated on the same day with their newborns.Leviticus 22:28
Leviticus 27:26 The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no one is able to sanctify or vow, whether it is an ox, or a sheep, they are for the Lord.Leviticus 27:26
Leviticus 27:32 Out of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, which cross under the rod of the shepherd, every tenth one that arrives shall be sanctified to the Lord.Leviticus 27:32
Number of the word / term Sheep in Leviticus: 14
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 11:22 Could a multitude of sheep and oxen be slain, so that there would be enough food? Or will the fishes of the sea be gathered together, in order to satisfy them?”Numbers 11:22
Numbers 15:3 and you make an offering to the Lord, as a holocaust or as a victim, paying your vows, or as a voluntary offering of gifts, or in your solemnities, burning a sweet odor to the Lord, whether from the oxen or from the sheep:Numbers 15:3
Numbers 18:17 But the firstborn of a cow, or of a sheep, or of a goat, you shall not cause to be redeemed, because they have been sanctified to the Lord. Thus, their blood you shall pour out upon the altar, and their fat you shall burn as a most sweet odor to the Lord.Numbers 18:17
Numbers 22:40 And after Balak had killed oxen and sheep, he sent the gifts to Balaam, and to the leaders who were with him.Numbers 22:40
Numbers 27:17 and who may be able to exit and enter before them, and who may lead them out or lead them in: lest the people of the Lord be like sheep without a shepherd.”Numbers 27:17
Numbers 31:28 And you shall separate a portion for the Lord from the portion of those who fought and were in the battle: one soul out of five hundred, as much from humans, as from oxen and donkeys and sheep.Numbers 31:28
Numbers 31:30 Likewise, from the half of the portion belonging to the sons of Israel, you shall receive the fiftieth head of humans, and of oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, and of all living things, and you shall give these to the Levites who stand watch over the care of the tabernacle of the Lord.”Numbers 31:30
Numbers 31:32 Now the prey which the army had seized was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,Numbers 31:32
Numbers 31:36 And one half of the portion was given to those who had been in the battle: three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep.Numbers 31:36
Numbers 31:37 From these, for the portion of the Lord, there were accounted: six hundred seventy-five sheep;Numbers 31:37
Numbers 31:43 Yet truly, from the one half portion which fell to the remainder of the multitude, that is, from the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,Numbers 31:43
Numbers 32:16 But approaching closer, they said: “We will manufacture sheep pens and cattle stalls, as well as fortified cities, for our little ones.Numbers 32:16
Numbers 32:24 Therefore, build cities for your little ones, and pens and stables for your sheep and cattle; and fulfill what you have promised.”Numbers 32:24
Numbers 32:26 We will leave behind our little ones, and our wives, and the sheep and cattle, in the cities of Gilead.Numbers 32:26
Number of the word / term Sheep in Numbers: 14
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 7:13 And he will love you and multiply you. And he will bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land: your grain as well as your vintage, oil, and herds, and the flocks of your sheep, upon the land about which he swore to your fathers that he would give it to you.Deuteronomy 7:13
Deuteronomy 8:13 and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,Deuteronomy 8:13
Deuteronomy 12:6 And you shall offer, in that place, your holocausts and victims, the tithes and first-fruits of your hands, and your vows and gifts, the firstborn of the cattle and of the sheep.Deuteronomy 12:6
Deuteronomy 14:4 These are the animals which you ought to eat: the ox, and the sheep, and the goat,Deuteronomy 14:4
Deuteronomy 14:23 And you shall eat these in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which he will choose, so that his name may be invoked there: the tenth part of your grain and wine and oil, and the firstborn from the herds and your sheep. So may you learn to fear the Lord your God at all times.Deuteronomy 14:23
Deuteronomy 14:26 And you shall buy with the same money whatever pleases you, either from the herds or from the sheep, and also wine and liquor, and all that your soul desires. And you shall eat in the sight of the Lord your God, and you shall feast: you and your household.Deuteronomy 14:26
Deuteronomy 15:19 Of the firstborn, those born from your herds and sheep, you shall sanctify to the Lord your God whatever is of the male sex. You shall not put the firstborn of the oxen to work, nor shall you shear the firstborn of the sheep.Deuteronomy 15:19
Deuteronomy 16:2 And you shall immolate the Passover to the Lord your God, from sheep and from oxen, in the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may dwell there.Deuteronomy 16:2
Deuteronomy 17:1 “You shall not immolate to the Lord your God a sheep or an ox, in which there is a blemish or any defect at all; for this is an abomination to the Lord your God.Deuteronomy 17:1
Deuteronomy 18:3 This shall be the recompense for the priests from the people, and from those who offer victims, whether they will immolate an ox or a sheep. They shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast,Deuteronomy 18:3
Deuteronomy 18:4 the first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and a portion of the wool from the shearing of the sheep.Deuteronomy 18:4
Deuteronomy 22:1 “If you see your brother’s ox or sheep wander astray, you shall not pass by. Instead, you shall lead them back to your brother.Deuteronomy 22:1
Deuteronomy 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your loins, and the fruit of your land, and the fruit of your cattle, the droves of your herds, and the folds of your sheep.Deuteronomy 28:4
Deuteronomy 28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your loins, and the fruit of your land, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep.Deuteronomy 28:18
Deuteronomy 28:31 May your ox be immolated before you, though you do not eat from it. May your donkey be seized in your sight, and not restored to you. May your sheep be given to your enemies, and may there be no one who may help you.Deuteronomy 28:31
Deuteronomy 28:51 And he will devour the fruit of your cattle, and the fruits of your land, until you have passed away, without leaving behind you wheat, or wine, or oil, or herds of oxen, or flocks of sheep: until he utterly destroys you.Deuteronomy 28:51
Deuteronomy 32:14 butter from the herd, and milk from the sheep, with fat from the lambs, and with rams and goats from the sons of Bashan, with the kernel of the wheat, and so that he might drink the undiluted blood of the grape.Deuteronomy 32:14
Number of the word / term Sheep in Deuteronomy: 17
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 6:21 And they put to death all who were in it, from man even to woman, from infant even to elder. Likewise, the oxen and sheep and donkeys, they struck down with the edge of the sword.Joshua 6:21
Joshua 7:24 And so Joshua took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the cloak, and the gold bar, also his sons and daughters, the oxen and donkeys and sheep, and even the tent and all his goods, (and all of Israel went with him,) and he brought these to the valley of Achor.Joshua 7:24
Joshua 24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a portion of the field that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred young female sheep, and so it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.Joshua 24:32
Number of the word / term Sheep in Joshua: 3
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Judges
Judges 6:4 and pitching their tents among them, they laid waste to all that was planted, as far as the entrance to Gaza. And they left behind nothing at all to sustain life in Israel, neither sheep, nor oxen, nor donkeys.Judges 6:4
Number of the word / term Sheep in Judges: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 14:32 And turning to the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and they slew them on the ground. And the people ate with blood.1 Samuel 14:32
1 Samuel 15:3 Now therefore, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Instead, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”1 Samuel 15:3
1 Samuel 15:9 And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Yet truly, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.1 Samuel 15:9
1 Samuel 15:15 And Saul said: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain.”1 Samuel 15:15
1 Samuel 15:21 But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal.”1 Samuel 15:21
1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Could the sons now be completed?” But he responded, “There still remains a little one, and he pastures the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse: “Send and bring him. For we shall not recline to eat, until he arrives here.”1 Samuel 16:11
1 Samuel 17:28 Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, and he said: “Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle.”1 Samuel 17:28
1 Samuel 22:19 Then he struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword; he struck down men and women, little ones and infants, as well as ox and donkey and sheep, with the edge of the sword.1 Samuel 22:19
1 Samuel 25:2 Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.1 Samuel 25:2
1 Samuel 25:4 Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,1 Samuel 25:4
1 Samuel 25:16 They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.1 Samuel 25:16
1 Samuel 25:18 And so Abigail hurried, and she took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five cooked sheep, and five measures of cooked grain, and one hundred clusters of dried grapes, and two hundred masses of dried figs, and she set them upon donkeys.1 Samuel 25:18
1 Samuel 27:9 And David struck the entire land. Neither did he leave alive man or woman. And he took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the garments. And he returned and went to Achish.1 Samuel 27:9
Number of the word / term Sheep in 1 Samuel: 13
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 7:8 And now, so shall you speak to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pastures, from following the sheep, so that you would be the leader over my people Israel.2 Samuel 7:8
2 Samuel 12:2 The wealthy man had very many sheep and oxen.2 Samuel 12:2
2 Samuel 12:3 But the poor man had nothing at all, except one little sheep, which he had bought and nourished. And she had grown up before him, together with his children, eating from his bread, and drinking from his cup, and sleeping in his bosom. And she was like a daughter to him.2 Samuel 12:3
2 Samuel 12:4 But when a certain traveler had come to the wealthy man, neglecting to take from his own sheep and oxen, so that he might present a feast for that traveler, who had come to him, he took the sheep of the poor man, and he prepared a meal for the man who had come to him.”2 Samuel 12:4
2 Samuel 12:6 He shall restore the sheep fourfold, because he did this word, and he did not take pity.”2 Samuel 12:6
2 Samuel 13:23 Then, after the time of two years, it happened that the sheep of Absalom were being shorn in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim. And Absalom invited all the sons of the king.2 Samuel 13:23
2 Samuel 13:24 And he went to the king, and he said to him: “Behold, the sheep of your servant are being shorn. I ask that the king, with his servants, may come to his servant.”2 Samuel 13:24
2 Samuel 17:29 and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.2 Samuel 17:29
2 Samuel 24:17 And when he had seen the Angel cutting down the people, David said to the Lord: “I am the one who sinned. I have acted iniquitously. These ones who are the sheep, what have they done? I beg you that your hand may be turned against me and against my father’s house.”2 Samuel 24:17
Number of the word / term Sheep in 2 Samuel: 9
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:5 Then king Solomon, and the entire multitude of Israel, who had assembled before him, advanced with him before the ark. And they immolated sheep and oxen, which could not be numbered or estimated.1 Kings 8:5
1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon slew sacrifices of peace offerings, which he immolated to the Lord: twenty-two thousand oxen, and twenty thousand one hundred sheep. And the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the temple of the Lord.1 Kings 8:63
1 Kings 22:17 And he said: “I saw all of Israel scattered among the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said: ‘These have no master. Let each of them return to his own house in peace.’ ”1 Kings 22:17
Number of the word / term Sheep in 1 Kings: 3
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 3:4 Now Mesha, the king of Moab, raised many sheep. And he repaid to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs, and one hundred thousand rams, with their fleece.2 Kings 3:4
2 Kings 5:26 But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.2 Kings 5:26
Number of the word / term Sheep in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 5:21 And they seized all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand lives.1 Chronicles 5:21
1 Chronicles 12:40 Moreover, those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, were bringing, on donkeys and camels and mules and oxen, bread for their provisions, with grain, dried figs, dried grapes, wine, oil, and oxen and sheep, with all abundance. For indeed, there was joy in Israel.1 Chronicles 12:40
1 Chronicles 27:31 And over the sheep was Jaziz, a Hagarene. All these were leaders over the substance of king David.1 Chronicles 27:31
Number of the word / term Sheep in 1 Chronicles: 3
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 14:15 Then too, destroying the fencing for the sheep, they took an innumerable multitude of cattle and camels. And they returned to Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 14:15
2 Chronicles 18:2 And after some years, he descended to him in Samaria. And upon his arrival, Ahab slaughtered very many sheep and oxen, for him and for the people who had arrived with him. And he persuaded him that he should ascend against Ramoth Gilead.2 Chronicles 18:2
2 Chronicles 18:16 Then he said: “I saw all of Israel scattered amid the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said: ‘These have no masters. Let each one return in peace to his own house.’ ”2 Chronicles 18:16
2 Chronicles 29:33 And they sanctified to the Lord six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.2 Chronicles 29:33
2 Chronicles 30:24 For Hezekiah, the king of Judah, had offered to the multitude one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep. Truly, the rulers had given the people one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Then a great mulititude of priests was sanctified.2 Chronicles 30:24
2 Chronicles 31:6 Then too, the sons of Israel and Judah, who were living in the cities of Judah, brought tithes of oxen and sheep, and tithes of the holy things that they had vowed to the Lord their God. And carrying all these things, they made many stacks.2 Chronicles 31:6
2 Chronicles 32:29 And he built for himself cities. For indeed, he had innumerable herds and flocks of sheep. For the Lord had given to him an exceedingly great substance.2 Chronicles 32:29
Number of the word / term Sheep in 2 Chronicles: 7
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 10:19 And they swore with their hands that they would cast aside their wives, and that they would offer for their offense a ram from among the sheep.Ezra 10:19
Number of the word / term Sheep in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 10:36 and the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, just as it was written in the law, and the firstborn of our oxen and our sheep, so that they might be offered in the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God,Nehemiah 10:36
Number of the word / term Sheep in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Job
Job 1:3 And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, along with five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred she-donkeys, and also a very large family. And this man was great among all the people of the east.Job 1:3
Job 1:16 And while he was still speaking, another arrived, and he said, “The fire of God fell from heaven, and, having struck the sheep and the servants, it consumed them; and I alone escaped to tell you.”Job 1:16
Job 31:20 if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;Job 31:20
Job 42:11 Yet all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and everyone who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house. They also shook their heads over him and comforted him, because of all the bad things that God had inflicted on him. And each one of them gave him one female sheep, and one earring of gold.Job 42:11
Job 42:12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job even more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.Job 42:12
Number of the word / term Sheep in Job: 5
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 8:7 You have subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and in addition: the beasts of the field,Psalm 8:7
Psalm 44:12 You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.Psalm 44:12
Psalm 44:22 will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.Psalm 44:22
Psalm 49:14 They have been placed in Hell like sheep. Death will feed on them. And the just will have dominion over them in the morning. And their help will grow old in Hell for their glory.Psalm 49:14
Psalm 65:13 The rams of the sheep have been clothed, and the valleys will abound with grain. They will cry out; yes, they will even utter a hymn.Psalm 65:13
Psalm 74:1 The understanding of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us to the end. Why has your fury become enraged over the sheep of your pasture?Psalm 74:1
Psalm 77:20 You have conducted your people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.Psalm 77:20
Psalm 78:52 And he took away his own people like sheep, and he led them through the wilderness like a flock.Psalm 78:52
Psalm 78:70 And he chose his servant David, and he took him from the flocks of the sheep: he received him from following the ewes with their young,Psalm 78:70
Psalm 79:13 But we are your people and the sheep of your pasture: we will give thanks to you in all ages. From generation to generation, we will announce your praise.Psalm 79:13
Psalm 80:1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. The One who reigns over Israel: Be attentive. For you lead Joseph like a sheep. The One who sits upon the cherubim: Shine forthPsalm 80:1
Psalm 95:7 For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.Psalm 95:7
Psalm 100:3 Know that the Lord himself is God. He made us, and we ourselves did not. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.Psalm 100:3
Psalm 107:41 And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.Psalm 107:41
Psalm 114:4 The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep.Psalm 114:4
Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.Psalm 119:176
Psalm 144:13 Their cupboards are full: overflowing from one thing into another. Their sheep bear young, brought forth in abundance.Psalm 144:13
Number of the word / term Sheep in Psalm: 17
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:7 I obtained men and women servants, and I had a great family, as well as herds of cattle and great flocks of sheep, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.Ecclesiastes 2:7
Number of the word / term Sheep in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Song
Song of Solomon 4:2 Your teeth are like flocks of shorn sheep, which ascend from the washing, each one with its identical twin, and not one among them is barren.Song of Solomon 4:2
Song of Solomon 6:6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep, which have ascended from the washing, each one with its identical twin, and not one among them is barren.Song of Solomon 6:6
Number of the word / term Sheep in Song: 2
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 7:21 And this shall be in that day: a man will raise a cow among oxen, and two sheep,Isaiah 7:21
Isaiah 11:6 The wolf will dwell with the lamb; and the leopard will lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion and the sheep will abide together; and a little boy will drive them.Isaiah 11:6
Isaiah 13:14 And they will be like a doe fleeing away, or like sheep; and there will be no one who may gather them together. Each one will turn to his own people, and every one will flee to his own land.Isaiah 13:14
Isaiah 53:6 We have all gone astray like sheep; each one has turned aside to his own way. And the Lord has placed all our iniquity upon him.Isaiah 53:6
Isaiah 53:7 He was offered up, because it was his own will. And he did not open his mouth. He will be led like a sheep to the slaughter. And he will be mute like a lamb before his shearer. For he will not open his mouth.Isaiah 53:7
Isaiah 66:3 Whoever immolates an ox, it is as if he slaughters a man. Whoever sacrifices a sheep, it is as if he is smashing the head of a dog. Whoever offers an oblation, it is as if he is offering swine’s blood. Whoever makes remembrance with incense, it is as if he is blessing an idol. All these things, they have chosen according to their own ways, and their soul has taken delight in their own abominations.Isaiah 66:3
Number of the word / term Sheep in Isaiah: 6
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 23:1 “Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.Jeremiah 23:1
Number of the word / term Sheep in Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 34:5 And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd. And they became devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, and they were dispersed.Ezekiel 34:5
Ezekiel 34:6 My sheep have wandered to every mountain and to every exalted hill. And my flocks have been scattered across the face of the earth. And there was no one who sought them; there was no one, I say, who sought them.Ezekiel 34:6
Ezekiel 34:8 As I live, says the Lord God, since my flocks have become a prey, and my sheep have been devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, since there was no shepherd, for my shepherds did not seek my flock, but instead the shepherds fed themselves, and they did not feed my flocks:Ezekiel 34:8
Ezekiel 34:11 For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will seek my sheep, and I myself will visit them.Ezekiel 34:11
Ezekiel 34:12 Just as a shepherd visits his flock, in the day when he will be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep. And I will deliver them from all the places to which they had been scattered in the day of gloom and darkness.Ezekiel 34:12
Ezekiel 34:15 I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.Ezekiel 34:15
Ezekiel 34:19 And my sheep were pastured from what you had trampled with your feet, and they drank from what your feet had disturbed.Ezekiel 34:19
Number of the word / term Sheep in Ezekiel: 7
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Joel
Joel 1:18 Why have the animals groaned, the herds of cattle bellowed? because there is no pasture for them. Yes, and even the flocks of sheep have been lost.Joel 1:18
Number of the word / term Sheep in Joel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Jonah
Jonah 3:7 And he cried out and spoke: “In Nineveh, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, let it be said: Men and beasts and oxen and sheep may not taste anything. Neither shall they feed or drink water.Jonah 3:7
Number of the word / term Sheep in Jonah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Micah
Micah 2:12 I will gather together in a congregation all of you, Jacob. I will lead together as one, the remnant of Israel. I will set them together like a flock in the fold, like a sheep in the midst of the sheep pen. They will cause a tumult before the multitude of men.Micah 2:12
Micah 5:8 And there will be a remnant of Jacob within the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forests, and like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, when he will pass through and trample down and seize, there is none who can rescue.Micah 5:8
Number of the word / term Sheep in Micah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:17 For the fig tree will not flower, and there will be no bud on the vines. The labor of the olive tree will be misleading, and the farmland will produce no food. The sheep will be cut off from the sheepfold, and there will be no herd at the manger.Habakkuk 3:17
Number of the word / term Sheep in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O spear, against my shepherd and against the man that clings to me, says the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. And I will turn my hand to the little ones.Zechariah 13:7
Number of the word / term Sheep in Zechariah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 9:36 Then, seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and were reclining, like sheep without a shepherd.Matthew 9:36
Matthew 10:6 but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.Matthew 10:6
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves.Matthew 10:16
Matthew 12:11 But he said to them: “Who is there among you, having even one sheep, if it will have fallen into a pit on the Sabbath, would not take hold of it and lift it up?Matthew 12:11
Matthew 15:24 And responding, he said, “I was not sent except to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.”Matthew 15:24
Matthew 18:12 How does it seem to you? If someone has one hundred sheep, and if one of them has gone astray, should he not leave behind the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go out to seek what has gone astray?Matthew 18:12
Matthew 25:32 And all the nations shall be gathered together before him. And he shall separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.Matthew 25:32
Matthew 25:33 And he shall station the sheep, indeed, on his right, but the goats on his left.Matthew 25:33
Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus said to them: “You will all fall away from me in this night. For it has been written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’Matthew 26:31
Number of the word / term Sheep in Matthew: 9
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Mark
Mark 6:34 And Jesus, going out, saw a great multitude. And he took pity on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.Mark 6:34
Mark 14:27 And Jesus said to them: “You will all fall away from me in this night. For it has been written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’Mark 14:27
Number of the word / term Sheep in Mark: 2
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Luke
Luke 15:4 “What man among you, who has one hundred sheep, and if he will have lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the one whom he had lost, until he finds it?Luke 15:4
Luke 15:6 And returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: ‘Congratulate me! For I have found my sheep, which had been lost.’Luke 15:6
Number of the word / term Sheep in Luke: 2
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book John
John 2:14 And he found, sitting in the temple, sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers.John 2:14
John 2:15 And when he had made something like a whip out of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. And he poured out the brass coins of the moneychangers, and he overturned their tables.John 2:15
John 10:1 “Amen, amen, I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up by another way, he is a thief and a robber.John 10:1
John 10:2 But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.John 10:2
John 10:3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.John 10:3
John 10:4 And when he has sent out his sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.John 10:4
John 10:7 Therefore, Jesus spoke to them again: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that I am the door of the sheep.John 10:7
John 10:8 All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.John 10:8
John 10:11 I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.John 10:11
John 10:12 But the hired hand, and whoever is not a shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, he sees the wolf approaching, and he departs from the sheep and flees. And the wolf ravages and scatters the sheep.John 10:12
John 10:13 And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him.John 10:13
John 10:15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.John 10:15
John 10:16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold, and I must lead them. They shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold and one shepherd.John 10:16
John 10:26 But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.John 10:26
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.John 10:27
John 21:17 He said to him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was very grieved that he had asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” And so he said to him: “Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my sheep.John 21:17
Number of the word / term Sheep in John: 16
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Acts
Acts 8:32 Now the place in Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter. And like a lamb silent before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth.Acts 8:32
Number of the word / term Sheep in Acts: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Romans
Romans 8:36 For it is as it has been written: “For your sake, we are being put to death all day long. We are being treated like sheep for the slaughter.”Romans 8:36
Number of the word / term Sheep in Romans: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 13:20 Then may the God of peace, who led back from the dead that great Pastor of sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the blood of the eternal testament,Hebrews 13:20
Number of the word / term Sheep in Hebrews: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 2:25 For you were like wandering sheep. But now you have been turned back toward the Pastor and the Bishop of your souls.1 Peter 2:25
Number of the word / term Sheep in 1 Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Sheep’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 18:13 and of cinnamon and black cardamom, and of fragrances and ointments and incense, and of wine and oil and fine flour and wheat, and of beasts of burden and sheep and horses and four-wheeled wagons, and of slaves and the souls of men.Revelation 18:13
Number of the word / term ‘Sheep’ in Revelation: 1
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