Revelation 7:17

New American Bible - revised edition

For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of life-giving water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Cross References

Psalm 22:26

I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.

Psalm 23:5

You set a table before me in front of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Psalm 28:9

Save your people, bless your inheritance; pasture and carry them forever!

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the fountains of salvation,

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.

Isaiah 25:8

He will destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces; The reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 30:19

Yes, people of Zion, dwelling in Jerusalem, you shall no longer weep; He will be most gracious to you when you cry out; as soon as he hears he will answer you.

Isaiah 30:25

Upon every high mountain and lofty hill there will be streams of running water. On the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall,

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away.

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 49:9

To say to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves! Along the roadways they shall find pasture, on every barren height shall their pastures be.

Isaiah 51:11

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee.

Isaiah 60:20

No longer will your sun set, or your moon wane; For the Lord will be your light forever, and the days of your grieving will be over.

Isaiah 65:19

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people. No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying;

Jeremiah 2:13

Two evils my people have done: they have forsaken me, the source of living waters; They have dug themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, but with compassion I will guide them; I will lead them to streams of water, on a level road, without stumbling. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my firstborn.

Ezekiel 34:23

I will appoint one shepherd over them to pasture them, my servant David; he shall pasture them and be their shepherd.

Micah 5:4

he shall be peace. If Assyria invades our country and treads upon our land, We shall raise against it seven shepherds, eight of royal standing;

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, That lives apart in a woodland, in the midst of an orchard. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old;

Matthew 2:6

‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.’”

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.

John 10:11

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

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:11

[The woman] said to him, “Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the well is deep; where then can you get this living water?

John 4:14

but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

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.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God in your midst, [overseeing] not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

Revelation 14:4

These are they who were not defiled with women; they are virgins and these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed as the firstfruits of the human race for God and the Lamb.

Revelation 21:22

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb.

Revelation 21:23

The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, [for] the old order has passed away.”

Revelation 21:6

He said to me, “They are accomplished. I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of life-giving water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 4:11

“Worthy are you, Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things; because of your will they came to be and were created.”

Revelation 5:6

Then I saw standing in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and the elders a Lamb that seemed to have been slain. He had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the [seven] spirits of God sent out into the whole world.