Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Shepherd’ 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 ‘Shepherd’ occurs 72 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 ‘Shepherd’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 4:20 And Adah conceived Jabel, who was the father of those who live in tents and are shepherds.Genesis 4:20
Genesis 13:7 And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.Genesis 13:7
Genesis 13:8 Therefore, Abram said to Lot: “I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.Genesis 13:8
Genesis 26:20 But in that place also the shepherds of Gerar argued against the shepherds of Isaac, by saying, “It is our water.” For this reason, he called the name of the well, because of what had happened, ‘Calumny.’Genesis 26:20
Genesis 29:4 And he said to the shepherds, “Brothers, where are you from?” And they answered. “From Haran.”Genesis 29:4
Genesis 38:20 Then Judah sent a young goat by his shepherd, the Adullamite, so that he might receive the pledge that he had given to the woman. But, when he had not found her,Genesis 38:20
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Genesis: 6
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ 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
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Exodus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Leviticus
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 Shepherd in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Numbers
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
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 21:7 Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.1 Samuel 21:7
1 Samuel 25:7 I have heard that your shepherds, who were with us in the desert, were shearing. We have never troubled them, nor was anything from the flock missing to them at any time, during the entire time that they have been with us in Carmel.1 Samuel 25:7
Number of the word / term Shepherd in 1 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book 1 Kings
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 Shepherd in 1 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book 2 Chronicles
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
Number of the word / term Shepherd in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Song
Song of Solomon 1:8 Groom to Bride: If you yourself do not know, O most beautiful among women, then go out and follow after the steps of the flocks, and pasture your young goats beside the tabernacles of the shepherds.Song of Solomon 1:8
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Song: 1
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 13:20 It will not be inhabited, even unto the end, and it will not be reestablished, even from generation to generation. The Arab will not pitch his tents there, nor will the shepherds take rest there.Isaiah 13:20
Isaiah 31:4 For the Lord says this to me: In the same way that a lion roars, and a young lion is over his prey, and though a multitude of shepherds may meet him, he will not dread their voice, nor be afraid of their number, so will the Lord of hosts descend in order to battle upon mount Zion and upon its hill.Isaiah 31:4
Isaiah 38:12 My longevity has been taken away; it has been folded up and taken from me, like the tent of a shepherd. My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver. While I was still beginning, he cut me off. From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.Isaiah 38:12
Isaiah 40:11 He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.Isaiah 40:11
Isaiah 44:28 I say to Cyrus, “You are my shepherd, and you will accomplish all that I will.” I say to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,” and to the Temple, “Your foundations shall be laid.”Isaiah 44:28
Isaiah 56:11 And these very imprudent dogs have never known satisfaction. The shepherds themselves do not know understanding. All have turned aside in their own way, each one to his own avarice, from the highest even to the least:Isaiah 56:11
Isaiah 63:11 And he remembered the days of ancient times, the days of Moses and his people. Where is he who led them out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who placed his Holy Spirit in their midst?Isaiah 63:11
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Isaiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 17:16 But I am not troubled; I am following you as my shepherd. And I have not desired the day of man, as you know. That which has gone forth from my lips has been right in your sight.Jeremiah 17:16
Jeremiah 22:22 The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. And then you will be confounded, and you will be ashamed of all your wickedness.Jeremiah 22:22
Jeremiah 23:1 “Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.Jeremiah 23:1
Jeremiah 23:2 Because of this, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to the shepherds who pasture my people: You have scattered my flock, and you have driven them away, and you have not visited them. Behold, I will visit upon you because of your evil pursuits, says the Lord.Jeremiah 23:2
Jeremiah 23:4 And I will raise up shepherds over them, and they will pasture them. They will no longer dread, and they will no longer fear. And no one among their number will be seeking more, says the Lord.Jeremiah 23:4
Jeremiah 25:34 Wail, O shepherds, and cry out! And sprinkle yourselves with ashes, O nobles of the flock! For the days have been completed that lead to your slaughter and your destruction. And you will fall like precious vessels.Jeremiah 25:34
Jeremiah 25:35 And escape will flee from the shepherds, and safety will flee from the nobility of the flock.”Jeremiah 25:35
Jeremiah 25:36 There is a voice of outcry from the shepherds, and a wailing among the nobles among the flock! For the Lord has laid waste to their pastures.Jeremiah 25:36
Jeremiah 31:10 Listen to the word of the Lord, O Gentiles, and announce it amid the islands that are far away, and say: “Whoever has scattered Israel will gather him, and he will guard him as a shepherd guards his flock.”Jeremiah 31:10
Jeremiah 33:12 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Still shall there be in this place, (which is desolate without man and without beast,) and in all of its cities: a habitation for the shepherds giving rest to their flocks.Jeremiah 33:12
Jeremiah 43:12 And he will kindle a fire in the shrines of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them down, and he will lead them away captive. And he will clothe himself with the land of Egypt, just as a shepherd is clothed with his cloak. And he will go forth from that place in peace.Jeremiah 43:12
Jeremiah 50:6 My people have become a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray and have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have crossed from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.Jeremiah 50:6
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Jeremiah: 12
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 34:2 “Son of man, prophesy about the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and you shall say to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?Ezekiel 34:2
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 34:7 Because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord:Ezekiel 34:7
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 34:9 because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord:Ezekiel 34:9
Ezekiel 34:10 Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will be over the shepherds. I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease, so that they no longer refrain from feeding the flock. Neither will the shepherds feed themselves any more. And I will deliver my flock from their mouth; and it will no longer be food for them.Ezekiel 34:10
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 34:23 And I will raise up over them ONE SHEPHERD, who will feed them, my servant David. He himself will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.Ezekiel 34:23
Ezekiel 37:24 And my servant David shall be the king over them, and they shall have one shepherd. They shall walk in my judgments, and they shall keep my commandments, and they shall do them.Ezekiel 37:24
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Ezekiel: 9
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Amos
Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw about Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.Amos 1:1
Amos 3:12 Thus says the Lord: Just as if a shepherd had rescued two legs from the mouth of a lion, or the tip of an ear, so also will the sons of Israel be rescued, who dwell in the sick bed of Samaria, and in the cot of Damascus.Amos 3:12
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Amos: 2
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Micah
Micah 5:5 And this man will be our peace, when the Assyrian will come into our land, and when he will trample on our houses; and we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight principal men.Micah 5:5
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Nahum
Nahum 3:18 Your shepherds have become drowsy, king Assur. Your princes will be buried. Your people have remained hidden in the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.Nahum 3:18
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Nahum: 1
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Zephaniah
Zephaniah 2:6 And the coastline of the sea will be a resting place for shepherds and a fence line for cattle.Zephaniah 2:6
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Zephaniah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 10:2 For the images have been speaking what is useless, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have been speaking false hope: they have comforted in vain. For this reason, they have been led away like a flock; they will be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.Zechariah 10:2
Zechariah 10:3 My fury has been kindled over the shepherds, and I will visit upon the he-goats. For the Lord of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and he has set them like the horse of his glory in the war.Zechariah 10:3
Zechariah 11:3 The voice of the howling of the shepherds: for their magnificence has been devastated. The voice of the roaring of the lions: because the arrogance of the Jordan has been devastated.Zechariah 11:3
Zechariah 11:5 which those who possessed them cut down, and they did not feel sorrow, and they sold them, saying: “Blessed be the Lord; we have become wealthy. Even their shepherds did not spare them.”Zechariah 11:5
Zechariah 11:8 And I cut down three shepherds in one month. And my soul became contracted concerning them, just as their soul also varied concerning me.Zechariah 11:8
Zechariah 11:15 And the Lord said to me: Still they are to you the equipment of a foolish shepherd.Zechariah 11:15
Zechariah 11:16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs.Zechariah 11:16
Zechariah 11:17 O shepherd and idol, abandoning the flock, with a sword upon his arm and over his right eye: his arm will be withered by drought, and his right eye will be obscured by darkness.Zechariah 11:17
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 Shepherd in Zechariah: 9
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 8:33 Then the shepherds fled, and arriving in the city, they reported on all this, and on those who had had the demons.Matthew 8:33
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 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 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 Shepherd in Matthew: 4
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ 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 Shepherd in Mark: 2
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book Luke
Luke 2:8 And there were shepherds in the same region, being vigilant and keeping watch in the night over their flock.Luke 2:8
Luke 2:15 And it happened that, when the Angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us cross over to Bethlehem and see this word, which has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us.”Luke 2:15
Luke 2:18 And all who heard it were amazed by this, and by those things which were told to them by the shepherds.Luke 2:18
Luke 2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told to them.Luke 2:20
Number of the word / term Shepherd in Luke: 4
Bible passages with ‘Shepherd’ in the book John
John 10:2 But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.John 10:2
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 10:14 I am the good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,John 10:14
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
Number of the word / term ‘Shepherd’ in John: 5
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 72
