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Bible Verses About The Lost Sheep
Find Bible verses about the lost sheep — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about the lost sheep?
The Bible addresses the lost 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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Psalms 119:176
“I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. A Song of Ascents.”
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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?”
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Luke 15:6
“When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'”
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Jeremiah 50:6
“My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.”
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Matthew 10:6
“Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 15:24
“But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."”
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.”
Luke 19:10
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."”
Luke 15:32
“But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"”
Luke 15:24
“for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.”
Matthew 5:13
“"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.”
Matthew 10:16
“"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”
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.”
John 10:27
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
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Zechariah 13:7 — “"Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Armies. ...”
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