Sheep in the Bible

Sheep in the Bible

By Henry F

Sheep are popular animals. And not just on farms, or within the verses of the type of music sung by boy choirs in Anglican churches either. No, sheep and shepherds are mentioned 247 times in the Bible. Check it out! May you find enlightenment. And hey, I'm not responsible for your personal epiphany, so don't bug me! Enlightenment can be a tricky thing.


Psalms 23:1        Genesis 4:2        Genesis 12:16        Genesis 20:14
Genesis 21:27      Genesis 29:2       Genesis 29:3         Genesis 29:6        
Genesis 29:7       Genesis 29:8       Genesis 29:9         Genesis 29:10
Genesis 30:32      Genesis 31:19      Genesis 38:13        Exodus 12:5          
Exodus 13:13       Exodus 20:24       Exodus 22:1          Exodus 22:4          
Exodus 22:9        Exodus 22:10       Exodus 22:30         Exodus 34:19         
Leviticus 1:10     Leviticus 3:7      Leviticus 4:32       Leviticus 4:35       
Leviticus 5:6      Leviticus 5:7      Leviticus 7:23       Leviticus 12:8       
Leviticus 22:19    Leviticus 22:27    Leviticus 27:26      Numbers 18:17        
Numbers 22:40      Numbers 27:17      Numbers 31:28        Numbers 31:30     
Numbers 31:32      Numbers 31:36      Numbers 31:37        Numbers 31:43        
Numbers 32:36      Deuteronomy 14:4   Deuteronomy 14:5     Deuteronomy 14:26    
Deuteronomy 17:1   Deuteronomy 18:3   Deuteronomy 18:4     Deuteronomy 22:1     
Deuteronomy 28:31  Joshua 6:21        Joshua 7:24          Judges 6:4          
1 Samuel 14:32     1 Samuel 14:34     1 Samuel 15:3        1 Samuel 15:9        
1 Samuel 15:14     1 Samuel 15:15     1 Samuel 15:21       1 Samuel 16:11       
1 Samuel 16:19     1 Samuel 17:15     1 Samuel 17:20       1 Samuel 17:28       
1 Samuel 17:34     1 Samuel 22:19     1 Samuel 25:2        1 Samuel 25:4        
1 Samuel 25:16     1 Samuel 25:18     1 Samuel 27:9        2 Samuel 7:8         
2 Samuel 17:29     2 Samuel 24:17     1 Kings 1:9          1 Kings 1:19         
1 Kings 1:25       1 Kings 4:23       1 Kings 8:5          1 Kings 8:63         
1 Kings 22:17      2 Kings 3:4        2 Kings 5:26         1 Chronicles 5:21    
1 Chronicles 12:40 1 Chronicles 17:7  1 Chronicles 21:17   2 Chronicles 5:6     
2 Chronicles 7:5   2 Chronicles 14:15 2 Chronicles 15:11   2 Chronicles 18:2    
2 Chronicles 18:16 2 Chronicles 29:33 2 Chronicles 30:24   2 Chronicles 31:6    
Ezra 6:9           Nehemiah 3:1       Nehemiah 3:32        Nehemiah 5:18        
Nehemiah 12:39     Job 1:3            Job 1:16             Job 31:20         
Job 42:12          Psalms 8:7         Psalms 44:11         Psalms 44:22         
Psalms 49:14       Psalms 74:1        Psalms 78:52         Psalms 95:7          
Psalms 100:3       Psalms 119:176     Psalms 144:13        Isaiah 7:21          
Isaiah 7:25        Isaiah 13:14       Isaiah 22:13         Isaiah 40:11         
Isaiah 43:23       Isaiah 53:6        Isaiah 53:7          Jeremiah 12:3        
Jeremiah 23:1      Jeremiah 50:6      Jeremiah 50:17       Ezekiel 34:2         
Ezekiel 34:3       Ezekiel 34:6       Ezekiel 34:8         Ezekiel 34:10        
Ezekiel 34:11      Ezekiel 34:12      Ezekiel 34:15        Ezekiel 34:17        
Ezekiel 34:19      Ezekiel 34:20      Ezekiel 34:22        Ezekiel 34:31        
Ezekiel 45:15      Hosea 12:12        Joel 1:18            Micah 2:12          
Micah 5:8          Zechariah 10:2     Zechariah 11:7       Zechariah 11:11      
Zechariah 13:7     Matthew 9:36       Matthew 10:6         Matthew 10:16        
Matthew 12:11      Matthew 12:12      Matthew 15:24        Matthew 18:12        
Matthew 25:32      Matthew 25:33      Matthew 26:31        Mark 6:34         
Mark 14:27         Luke 15:4          Luke 15:6            Luke 17:7         
John 2:14          John 2:15          John 5:2             John 10:2         
John 10:3          John 10:4          John 10:7            John 10:8         
John 10:11         John 10:12         John 10:13           John 10:15          
John 10:16         John 10:26         John 10:27           John 21:16          
John 21:17         Acts 8:32          Romans 8:36          Hebrews 11:37        
Hebrews 13:20      1 Peter 2:25       Revelation 18:13     Genesis 48:15        
Genesis 49:24      Numbers 27:17      2 Samuel 5:2         2 Samuel 7:7         
1 Kings 22:17      1 Chronicles 11:2  1 Chronicles 17:6    2 Chronicles 18:16   
Psalms 28:9        Psalms 49:14       Psalms 78:71         Psalms 80:1         
Ecclesiastes 12:11 Isaiah 40:11       Isaiah 44:28         Jeremiah 17:16       
Jeremiah 22:22     Jeremiah 23:2      Jeremiah 23:4        Jeremiah 31:10       
Jeremiah 43:12     Jeremiah 49:19     Jeremiah 50:44       Ezekiel 34:5         
Ezekiel 34:8       Ezekiel 34:15      Ezekiel 34:23        Ezekiel 37:24        
Amos 3:12          Micah 7:14         Zechariah 10:2       Zechariah 11:4       
Zechariah 11:7     Zechariah 11:9     Zechariah 11:15      Zechariah 11:16      
Zechariah 11:17    Zechariah 13:7     Matthew 2:6          Matthew 9:36         
Matthew 18:12      Matthew 25:32      Matthew 26:31        Mark 6:34         
Mark 14:27         John 10:2          John 10:11           John 10:12          
John 10:14         John 10:16         Acts 20:28           Hebrews 13:20        
1 Peter 2:25       1 Peter 5:4        Revelation 7:17