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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