Psalm 23:1-3

1  A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

2  He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 

3  He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 

4  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 

5  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 

6  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. 

Isaiah 40:11

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. 

Ezekiel 34:12,14-16, and 24

12  As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.

14  I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. 

15  I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. 

16  I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. 

24  And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the LORD; I have spoken. 

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

John 10:3-5,10

3  To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 

4  When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 

5  A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 

10  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 

"Savior, like a shepherd lead us, Much we need Thy tender care; In Thy pleasant pastures feed us, For our use Thy folds prepare."

Dorothy A. Thrupp

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