1 Peter 2:25

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For you were like sheep going astray,   , but you have now returned to the Shepherd  and Overseer  of your souls.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:6

We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for  the iniquity  of us all.

Ezekiel 34:6

My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill.  My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.

Acts 20:28

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock  of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers,  to shepherd the church of God,  which he purchased with his own blood.

Isaiah 40:11

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.

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected,  like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 18:12

What do you think?   If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief Shepherd  appears, you will receive the unfading crown  of glory.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus #– #the great Shepherd of the sheep   #– #through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

Jeremiah 23:2

‘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.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

Ezekiel 37:24

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them.  They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.

Zechariah 13:7

Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate – this is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Isaiah 13:14

Like wandering gazelles and like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people, each one will flee to his own land.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment  for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also clothed with weakness.

1 Peter 3:20

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah  while the ark was being prepared. In it a few #– #that is, eight people  ,  #– #were saved through water.