1 Peter 2:25

Modern English Version

For you were as sheep going astray, but now have been returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Cross References

Psalm 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out Your servant, for I forget not Your commandments.

Psalm 80:1

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth!

Isaiah 13:14

It shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man takes up; every man shall turn to his own people and flee every one into his own land.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us like sheep have gone astray; each of us has turned to his own way, but the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Jeremiah 23:2

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds that feed My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away and have not visited them. Behold, I will punish you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:6

My sheep wandered through all the mountains and upon every high hill. Indeed, My flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and no one searched or sought after them.

Ezekiel 37:24

David My servant shall be king over them. And they all shall have one shepherd. They shall also walk in My judgments, and observe My statutes and do them.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and the man of My association,” says the Lord of Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter. I will turn My hand against the small ones.

Matthew 18:12

“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search for the one which went astray?

Matthew 9:36

But when He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they fainted and were scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

Acts 20:28

Therefore take heed to yourselves and to the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep,

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers in a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to have compassion on the ignorant and on those who are wayward, for he himself is also subject to weakness.

1 Peter 3:20

who in times past were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

1 Peter 5:4

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of glory that will not fade away.