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12 Bible verses about the Good Shepherd KJV

Jesus called himself the good shepherd and defined it immediately: the one who lays down his life for the sheep, unlike the hireling who runs. These verses cover John 10, Psalm 23, and the shepherd who goes after the one that wandered.

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Psalm 23:1 · KJV

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 23:4 · KJV

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psalm 80:1 · KJV

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Psalm 100:3 · KJV

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Isaiah 40:11 · KJV

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.

Ezekiel 34:11-12 · KJV

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 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.

Luke 15:4-5 · KJV

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

John 10:11 · KJV

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

John 10:14 · KJV

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

John 10:27 · KJV

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Hebrews 13:20 · KJV

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,

1 Peter 5:4 · KJV

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

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