1 Samuel 17:15
Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
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1 Samuel 17:15
Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
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Genesis 4:2
Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 29:9
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
Genesis 31:18
and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 37:2
This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
Genesis 46:32
These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
Genesis 47:3
Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
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Genesis 30:35
That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
Genesis 34:5
Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.
Genesis 37:13
Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”
Genesis 37:14
He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
1 Samuel 10:27
But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace.
2 Samuel 13:22
Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
Luke 15:25
“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
Luke 15:29
But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
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Exodus 3:2
Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exodus 3:3
Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
Exodus 3:4
When Yahweh saw that he came over to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”
Exodus 3:5
He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
Exodus 3:6
Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
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Exodus 3:7
Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 3:8
I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Exodus 3:9
Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Exodus 3:10
Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
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Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
Deuteronomy 17:20
that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.
1 Samuel 17:29
David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
1 Samuel 18:23
Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and little known?”
Psalms 131:1
Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
Acts 20:19
serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
1 Thessalonians 2:6
nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
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Ruth 4:11
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 20:6
If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
1 Samuel 20:28
Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.
Micah 5:1
Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
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1 Samuel 16:4
Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
John 7:42
Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
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1 Samuel 16:12
He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”
1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 16:18
Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”
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1 Samuel 17:1
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephesdammim.
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1 Samuel 17:34
David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
1 Samuel 17:35
I went out after him, struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, struck him, and killed him.
1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
1 Samuel 17:37
David said, “Yahweh, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”
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Psalms 78:72
So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
Amos 7:14
Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
Amos 7:15
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
Zechariah 13:5
but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’
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Matthew 4:18
Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Matthew 4:19
He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”
Matthew 4:20
They immediately left their nets and followed him.
Matthew 4:21
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.
Matthew 4:22
They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
Luke 5:10
and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”
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