Bible Verses About Shepherd

Nations, hear the word of ADONAI! Proclaim it in the coastlands far away. Say: "He who scattered Isra'el is gathering him, guarding him like a shepherd his flock."

ADONAI-Tzva'ot says, "In this place, which is a wasteland without people or animals, and in all its cities, there will once again be pasture-lands where shepherds can let their flocks rest.

In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the Sh'felah, in the cities of the Negev, in the territory of Binyamin, in the areas around Yerushalayim and in the cities of Y'hudah flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them," says ADONAI.

This is what ADONAI says: "As a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear; so the people of Isra'el in Shomron will be rescued, huddled under cushions in the corners of their beds."

You, tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Tziyon, to you your former sovereignty will return, the royal power of the daughter of Yerushalayim.

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates sheep from goats.

In the countryside nearby were some shepherds spending the night in the fields, guarding their flocks,

when an angel of ADONAI appeared to them, and the Sh'khinah of ADONAI shone around them. They were terrified;

but the angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, because I am here announcing to you Good News that will bring great joy to all the people.

This very day, in the town of David, there was born for you a Deliverer who is the Messiah, the Lord.

Here is how you will know: you will find a baby wrapped in cloth and lying in a feeding trough."

Suddenly, along with the angel was a vast army from heaven praising God:

"In the highest heaven, glory to God! And on earth, peace among people of good will!"

No sooner had the angels left them and gone back into heaven than the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go over to Beit-Lechem and see this thing that has happened, that ADONAI has told us about."

Hurrying off, they came and found Miryam and Yosef, and the baby lying in the feeding trough.

Upon seeing this, they made known what they had been told about this child;

and al who heard were amazed by what the shepherds said to them.

Miryam treasured all these things and kept mulling them over in her heart.

Meanwhile, the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen; it had been just as they had been told.

“Yes, indeed! I tell you, the person who doesn’t enter the sheep-pen through the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

This is the one the gate-keeper admits, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep, each one by name, and leads them out.

After taking out all that are his own, he goes on ahead of them; and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

They never follow a stranger but will run away from him, because strangers’ voices are unfamiliar to them.”