Bible verses about Sheep
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Clean and used as food Deuteronomy 14:4 DESCRIBED AS Innocent II Samuel 24:17 Sagacious John 10:4,5 Agile Psalms 114:4,6 Being covered with a fleece Job 31:20 Remarkably prolific Psalms 107:41; 144:13; Solomon 4:2; Ezekiel 36:37 Bleating of, alluded to Judges 5:16; I Samuel 15:14 Under man's care from the earliest age Genesis 4:4 Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth Genesis 13:5; 24:25; 26:14 Males of called rams I Samuel 15:22; Jeremiah 51:40 Females of, called ewes Psalms 78:71 Young of, called lambs Exodus 12:3; Isaiah 11:6 PLACES CELEBRATED FOR Kedar Ezekiel 27:21 Bashan Deuteronomy 32:14 Nebaioth Isaiah 60:7 Bozrah Micah 2:12 Flesh of, extensively used as food I Samuel 25:18; I Kings 1:19; 4:23; Nehemiah 5:18; Isaiah 22:13 Milk of, used as food Deuteronomy 32:14; Isaiah 7:21,22; I Corinthians 9:7 Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor Hebrews 11:37 Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle Exodus 25:5; 36:10; 39:34 Wool of, made into clothing Job 31:20; Proverbs 31:13; Ezekiel 34:3 Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age Genesis 4:4; 8:20; 15:9,10 Offered in sacrifice under the law Exodus 20:24; Leviticus 1:10; I Kings 8:5,63 FLOCKS OF Attended by members of the family Genesis 29:9; Exodus 2:16; I Samuel 16:11 Attended by servants I Samuel 17:20; Isaiah 61:5 Guarded by dogs Job 30:1 Kept in folds or cotes I Samuel 24:3; II Samuel 7:8; John 10:1 Conducted to the richest pastures Psalms 23:2 Fed on the mountains Exodus 3:1; Ezekiel 34:6,13 Fed in the valleys Isaiah 65:10 Frequently covered the pastures Psalms 65:13 Watered every day Genesis 29:8-10; Exodus 2:16,17 Made to rest at noon Psalms 23:2; Solomon 1:7 Followed the shepherd John 10:4,27 Fled from strangers John 10:5 Washed and shorn every year Solomon 4:2 Firstlings of, not to be shorn Deuteronomy 15:19 Firstlings of, not to be redeemed Numbers 18:17 Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering Leviticus 27:26 Tithe of, given to the Levites II Chronicles 31:4-6 First wool of, given to the priests Deuteronomy 18:4 Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing I Samuel 25:2,11,36; II Samuel 13:23 WERE FREQUENTLY Given as presents II Samuel 17:29; I Chronicles 12:40 Given as tribute II Kings 3:4; II Chronicles 17:11 Destroyed by wild beasts Jeremiah 50:17; Micah 5:8; John 10:12 Taken in great numbers in war Judges 6:4; I Samuel 14:32; I Chronicles 5:21; II Chronicles 14:15 Cut off by disease Exodus 9:3 False prophets assume the simple appearance Matthew 7:15 ILLUSTRATIVE Of the Jews Psalms 74:1; 78:52; 79:13 Of the people of Christ John 10:7-26; 21:16,17; Hebrews 13:20; I Peter 5:2 Of the wicked in their death Psalms 49:14 Of those under God's judgment Psalms 44:1 (In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ Isaiah 53:7 (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God Psalms 119:176; Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 34:16 (Lost,) of the unregenerate Matthew 10:6 (When found,) of restored sinners Luke 15:5,7 (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked Matthew 25:32,33

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