Lexicon :: Strong's G4165 - poimainō

Laban asked, “What should I give you? ”

And Jacob said, “You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.

He put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob. Jacob, meanwhile, was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flock.

These are the family records of Jacob.

At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”

“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,[fn] the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,[fn] the mountain of God.

Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have? ”

“There is still the youngest,” he answered, “but right now he’s tending the sheep.” Samuel told Jesse, “Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he gets here.”

David answered Saul, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

“They were a wall around us, both day and night, the entire time we were with them herding the sheep.

“Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The LORD also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over Israel.’ ”

“In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar? ’

“Even previously when Saul was king, you were leading Israel out to battle and bringing us back. The LORD your God also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over my people Israel.’ ”

“In all my journeys throughout Israel, have I ever spoken a word to even one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar? ’

“You will break them with an iron scepter;

you will shatter them like pottery.”

The LORD is my shepherd;

I have what I need.

Save your people, bless your possession,

shepherd them, and carry them forever.

Trust in the LORD and do what is good;

dwell in the land and live securely.[fn]

“This God, our God forever and ever —

he will always lead us.”[fn]

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;

Death will shepherd them.

The upright will rule over them in the morning,

and their form will waste away in Sheol,[fn]

far from their lofty abode.

he brought him from tending ewes

to be shepherd over his people Jacob —

over Israel, his inheritance.

Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock;

you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

shine

“If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;

if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

The one who loves a pure heart

and gracious lips ​— ​the king is his friend.

A discerning son keeps the law,

but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,

but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

Tell me, you whom I love:

Where do you pasture your sheep?

Where do you let them rest at noon?

Why should I be like one who veils herself[fn]

beside the flocks of your companions?

My love is mine and I am his;

he feeds among the lilies.

My love has gone down to his garden,

to beds of spice,

to feed in the gardens

and gather lilies.

He protects his flock like a shepherd;

he gathers the lambs in his arms

and carries them in the fold of his garment.

He gently leads those that are nursing.

Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,

and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

“I will give you shepherds who are loyal to me,[fn] and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill.

“Shepherds and their flocks will come against her;

they will pitch their tents all around her.

Each will pasture his own portion.

Therefore listen, you nations

and you witnesses,

learn what the charge is against them.

The wind will take charge of[fn] all your shepherds,

and your lovers will go into captivity.

Then you will be ashamed and humiliated

because of all your evil.

“Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend my people: You have scattered my flock, banished them, and have not attended to them. I am about to attend to you because of your evil acts” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration.

“I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them. They will no longer be afraid or discouraged, nor will any be missing.” This is the LORD’s declaration.

“ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Look, I am against the shepherds. I will demand my flock from them[fn] and prevent them from shepherding the flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue my flock from their mouths so that they will not be food for them.

“I will establish over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.

I knew[fn] you in the wilderness,

in the land of drought.

He will stand and shepherd them

in the strength of the LORD,

in the majestic name of the LORD his God.

They will live securely,

for then his greatness will extend

to the ends of the earth.

They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,

the land of Nimrod with a drawn blade.[fn]

So he will rescue us from Assyria

when it invades our land,

when it marches against our territory.

Shepherd your people with your staff,

the flock that is your possession.

They live alone in a woodland

surrounded by pastures.

Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead

as in ancient times.

The LORD my God says this: “Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock.[fn] I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is perishing perish; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”

“Woe to the worthless shepherd

who deserts the flock!

May a sword strike[fn] his arm

and his right eye!

May his arm wither away

and his right eye go completely blind! ”