1 Peter 2:25

New American Bible - revised edition

For you had gone astray like sheep, but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

Cross References

Psalm 119:176

I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek out your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

Psalm 80:1

For the leader; according to “Lilies.” Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.

Isaiah 13:14

Like a hunted gazelle, or a flock that no one gathers, They shall turn each to their own people and flee each to their own land.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs, Carrying them in his bosom, leading the ewes with care.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed.

Isaiah 53:6

We had all gone astray like sheep, all following our own way; But the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.

Jeremiah 23:2

Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have scattered my sheep and driven them away. You have not cared for them, but I will take care to punish your evil deeds.

Ezekiel 34:6

and wandered over all the mountains and high hills; over the entire surface of the earth my sheep were scattered. No one looked after them or searched for them.

Ezekiel 37:24

David my servant shall be king over them; they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my ordinances, observe my statutes, and keep them.

Zechariah 13:7

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the one who is my associate —oracle of the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Matthew 18:12

What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray?

Matthew 9:36

At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the church of God that he acquired with his own blood.

Hebrews 13:20

May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep by the blood of the eternal covenant, Jesus our Lord,

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy “brothers,” sharing in a heavenly calling, reflect on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness

1 Peter 3:20

who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water.

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. Advice to the Community.