1 Samuel 17:34

New American Bible - revised edition

Then David told Saul: “Your servant used to tend his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or bear came to carry off a sheep from the flock,

Cross References

Hebrews 11:33

who by faith conquered kingdoms, did what was righteous, obtained the promises; they closed the mouths of lions,

Judges 14:6

But the spirit of the Lord rushed upon Samson, and he tore the lion apart barehanded, as one tears a young goat. Without telling his father or mother what he had done,

1 Samuel 17:33

But Saul answered David, “You cannot go up against this Philistine and fight with him, for you are only a youth, while he has been a warrior from his youth.”

1 Samuel 17:35

I would chase after it, attack it, and snatch the prey from its mouth. If it attacked me, I would seize it by the throat, strike it, and kill it.

Amos 3:12

Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion a pair of sheep’s legs or the tip of an ear, So shall the Israelites escape, those who dwell in Samaria, With the corner of a couch or a piece of a cot.

Genesis 31:39

I never brought you an animal torn by wild beasts; I made good the loss myself. You held me responsible for anything stolen by day or night.

1 Samuel 17:15

David would come and go from Saul’s presence to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 17:8

And he went on to say: “You know that your father and his men are warriors, and that they are as fierce as a bear in the wild robbed of her cubs. Moreover, since your father is a skilled fighter, he will not spend the night with the army.

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, a valiant man of mighty deeds, from Kabzeel, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. Also, he went down and killed the lion in the cistern on a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, a valiant man of mighty deeds, from Kabzeel, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. Also, he went down and killed the lion in the cistern on a snowy day.

Psalm 143:5

I remember the days of old; I ponder all your deeds; the works of your hands I recall.

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd examines his flock while he himself is among his scattered sheep, so will I examine my sheep. I will deliver them from every place where they were scattered on the day of dark clouds.

Zechariah 9:7

and take from their mouths their bloody prey, their disgusting meat from between their teeth. They will become merely a remnant for our God, and will be like a clan in Judah; Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

Zechariah 11:16

For I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will take no note of those that disappear, nor seek the strays, nor heal the injured, nor feed the exhausted; but he will eat the flesh of the fat ones and tear off their hoofs!

Luke 2:8

Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock.

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Romans 5:4

and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,

Revelation 13:2

The beast I saw was like a leopard, but it had feet like a bear’s, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. To it the dragon gave its own power and throne, along with great authority.