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Bible Verses About Sheep
Find Bible verses about sheep — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about sheep?
The Bible addresses sheep with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Ezekiel 34:31
“You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Yahweh.”
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1 Chronicles 17:7
“"Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.”
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Matthew 10:16
“"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”
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Isaiah 53:6
“All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
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John 10:27
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
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Ezekiel 34:11
“For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.”
Psalms 100:3
“Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
Zechariah 13:7
“"Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Armies. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little on...”
Psalms 95:7
“for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!”
Psalms 44:22
“Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.”
John 10:3
“The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.”
Mark 6:34
“Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.”
Luke 15:4
“"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?”
Acts 8:32
“Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.”
John 10:16
“I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.”
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