Psalms 23:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
What this verse means
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want” means that because God himself cares for the believer like a shepherd cares for sheep, they will lack nothing they truly need. It is a statement of trust born from God’s personal, attentive care.
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BSBPD
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 23:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 34:9Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Psalms 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Psalms 34:11Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Psalms 78:52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
- Psalms 79:13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 23:3Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
- Jeremiah 31:10Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
- Ezekiel 34:11For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- Ezekiel 34:14I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
- 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.
- Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Micah 5:4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
- Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Luke 12:30For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Philippians 4:19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- 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 2:25For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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