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Want to know what the Bible says about Shepherds? Here are 69 Bible verses about Shepherds from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Genesis 4:2 NIV
Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
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1 Samuel 17:40 NIV
Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
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Leviticus 27:32 NIV
Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod —will be holy to the Lord.
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Psalm 23:4 NIV
Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
    for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.
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Song of Solomon 1:8 NIV
If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
    follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
    by the tents of the shepherds.
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Isaiah 38:12 NIV
Like a shepherd’s tent my house
    has been pulled down and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;
    day and night you made an end of me.
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Genesis 29:6 NIV
Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?”
“Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.
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1 Samuel 16:11 NIV
So he asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.”
Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.”
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1 Samuel 17:15 NIV
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
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1 Samuel 17:20 NIV
Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.
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