Appellations, And Titles Of Jesus Names, : Shepherd

That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every Shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

• Foretold

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the Shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no Shepherd.

And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a Shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a Shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no Shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

{A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want.

• Ear

{To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

• Goad
• Wisdom
• Words

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one Shepherd.

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a Shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

• Foretold
• Righteous

He shall feed his flock like a Shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

• Temple

That saith of Cyrus, He is my Shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

• Memory
• Anthropomorphisms

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the Shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a Shepherd doth his flock.

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a Shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that Shepherd that will stand before me?

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that Shepherd that will stand before me?

I will also break in pieces with thee the Shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

And they were scattered, because there is no Shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no Shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

As a Shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

• Foretold

And I will set up one Shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their Shepherd.

• Foretold
• David
• Types

And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one Shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

Thus saith the LORD; As the Shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

• Dream

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no Shepherd.

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish Shepherd.

For, lo, I will raise up a Shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

Woe to the idol Shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

• Sword

Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

• Sheep

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no Shepherd.

• Goats

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a Shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

• Sheep

Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a Shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

• Chiding
• Sheep

And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

But he that entereth in by the door is the Shepherd of the sheep.

I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

• Wolf

But he that is an hireling, and not the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

• Wisdom

I am the good Shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

• Church

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd.

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

• Overseer

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.