1 Peter 2:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”
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“For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Peter 2:25 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 23:1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Psalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
- Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Jeremiah 23:2Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 34:6My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
- Ezekiel 34:11For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Ezekiel 37:24My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
- Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
- Matthew 9:36When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
- Matthew 18:12What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
- Luke 15:4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
- John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- Hebrews 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
- Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- 1 Peter 5:4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
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