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

Early mention of Genesis 4:2 Usually carried a scrip or bag I Samuel 17:40 Carried a staff or rod Leviticus 27:32; Psalms 23:4 Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks Solomon 1:8; Isaiah 38:12 Members of the family both male and female acted as Genesis 29:6; I Samuel 16:11; 17:15 Had hired keepers under them I Samuel 17:20 The unfaithfulness of hireling, alluded to John 10:12 CARE OF THE SHEEP BY, EXHIBITED IN Knowing them John 10:14 Going before and leading them Psalms 77:20; 78:52; 80:1 Seeking out good pasture for them I Chronicles 4:39-41; Psalms 23:2 Numbering them when they return from pasture Jeremiah 33:13 Watching over them by night Luke 2:8 Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young Genesis 33:13,14; Psalms 78:71 Defending them when attacked by wild beasts I Samuel 17:34-36; Amos 3:12 Searching them out when lost and straying Ezekiel 34:12; Luke 15:4,5 Attending them when sick Ezekiel 34:16 An abomination to the Egyptians Genesis 46:34 ILLUSTRATIVE Of God as leader of Israel Psalms 77:20; 80:1 Of Christ as the good shepherd Ezekiel 34:23; Zechariah 13:7; John 10:14; Hebrews 13:20 Of kings as the leaders of the people Isaiah 44:28; Jeremiah 6:3; 49:19 Of ministers of the gospel Jeremiah 23:4 (Searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost Ezekiel 34:12; Luke 15:2-7 (Their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:13-16 (Ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 34:2,10; Zechariah 11:7,8,15-17