From Nave’s Topical Bible
Shepherd
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 42Passages listed
- 21Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- One who cares for flocks of sheepGenesis 31:38–40Psalms 78:52Psalms 78:53Jeremiah 31:10Amos 3:12Luke 2:8
- David the, defends his flock against a lion and a bear1 Samuel 17:341 Samuel 17:35
- Causes the flock to rest So 1:7Psalms 23:2Jeremiah 33:12
- Counts the flockLeviticus 27:32Jeremiah 33:13
- Knows each one of his flock by nameJohn 10:3–5
- Keeps the sheep and goats apartMatthew 25:32
- Waters the flocksGenesis 29:2–10
- Keeps the flocks in foldsNumbers 32:161 Samuel 24:32 Samuel 7:8John 10:1
- Watch towers of2 Chronicles 26:10Micah 4:8
- Dogs ofJob 30:1
- Was an abomination to the EgyptiansGenesis 46:34
- Angels appeared toLuke 2:8–20
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- INSTANCES OF
- AbelGenesis 4:2
- RachelGenesis 29:9
- The daughters of JethroExodus 2:16
- MosesExodus 3:1
- David1 Samuel 16:112 Samuel 7:8Psalms 78:70
- FIGURATIVEGenesis 49:24
- Of God' s carePsalms 23Psalms 78:52Psalms 80:1
- Of prophets, priests, Levites, and civil authoritiesEzekiel 34
- Of ChristZechariah 13:7Matthew 26:31John 10:1–16Hebrews 13:201 Peter 2:25
- A name given to JesusIsaiah 40:11Mark 14:27John 10:111 Peter 2:251 Peter 5:4
- A name given to CyrusIsaiah 44:28
The passages, in Bible order (42)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 4:2
Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
Commentary on Genesis 4:21 voice
Again, she bore his brother Abel. Abel is interpreted as grief or miserable, by which name from the earliest age was foreshadowed the condition of his lamentable untimely death. For, although precious is the death of his saints in the sight of the Lord, having …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
- Genesis 29:2–10
He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
Commentary on Genesis 29:2–101 voice
And he looked, and behold a well in the field,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 29:9
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Commentary on Genesis 29:91 voice
And while he yet spake with them,.... While Jacob was thus discoursing with the shepherds: Rachel came with her father's sheep; to water them at the well.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 31:38–40
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
Commentary on Genesis 31:38–401 voice
This twenty years have I been with thee,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 46:34
you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
Commentary on Genesis 46:341 voice
Joseph went out to meet his father with chariots and with many people. [Joseph] got down [from his horse] and bowed down to his father, and they wept on each other's neck. Then Joseph commanded his brothers to say to Pharaoh, "We and our fathers …
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 40:6, 373Patristic
- Genesis 49:24
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
Commentary on Genesis 49:242 voices
(Verse 22 and following) The son of Joseph grew up, the son of Joseph grown tall above the fountain of the daughter, walking with a composed stride on the wall. And they provoked him, and contended with him, and were angry against him, having arrows. He sat in the strength of his bow, and the chains of his hands were broken, from the hands of the mighty Jacob. From there will come the shepherd, the stone of Israel from the God of your father: and the rest.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
But his bow abode in strength,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Commentary on Exodus 2:161 voice
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Commentary on Exodus 3:11 voice
That the Holy Spirit prompted such a move may be seen in Moses, whom the fire led "to the inner parts of the desert," where he received enlightenment. The inner parts are the form of wisdom; the enlightenment is mental ecstasy.
Bonaventure· Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 2, 1257Patristic
- Leviticus 27:32
Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
Commentary on Leviticus 27:321 voice
And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 32:16
Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
Commentary on Numbers 32:161 voice
And they came near unto him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
Commentary on 1 Samuel 16:111 voice
Therefore the boy who tends the sheep is sought in the pastures, because He submits Himself to the Father in obedience even unto death; yet who shall declare His generation (Isa. 53:8)? He is called the little one because the grace of His humility is commended. He is therefore called the little one, who is declared by the Psalmist to have been made lower than the angels (Ps. 8). But the little one tends the sheep, because through humility He is lowly, and through majesty He is exalted.
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 6, Chapter 3, 604Patristic
- 1 Samuel 17:34
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:341 voice
And David said to Saul: Your servant was tending, etc. The Lord strengthens the weak in faith, calls unbelievers to faith, urging modestly that amidst the frailties of His humanity, by which He took on our pains, even the exalted aspects of His Divinity, by …
Bede· Commentary on Samuel, 735Patristic
- 1 Samuel 17:35
I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:351 voice
But as David who took hold of the beard seized the lion, so let us beg the spiritual David, Christ, when taking hold of the lion, to abolish also every Sanhedrin of beasts.
Origen of Alexandria· FRAGMENTS ON JEREMIAH 28.1, 253Patristic
- 1 Samuel 24:3
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
- 2 Samuel 7:8
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:81 voice
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 26:10
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:101 voice
Also he built towers in the desert,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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